Two Iranian Sisters Grow Into Politically-Conscious Women in the 18 Years of Home Footage That Became Massoud Bakhshi’s ‘All My Sisters’

Andreea Neblea

For the past two decades, filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi (“Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness”) has captured his two nieces growing up on camera. As the years pile up, the little girls go from excitedly unwrapping custom Barbie dolls and running carefree amongst playground bars to being weighed down — then beautifully set free — by a growing political consciousness. The result of the years of footage is Bakshi’s “ All My Sisters ,” premiering in competition at IDFA .  'Running Point' Season 2 Casts Ray