{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5b0574b5f27275be1cfbbab8/69f236febe5ab6849c65da70?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"HotDocs 26 - Carolyn Talks 'Constant Battles' with Filmmakers Mack Stannard and Sepideh Yedegar","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5b0574b5f27275be1cfbbab8/1777481382134-8f97761d-fe59-47ff-9c99-4662f624e767.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>CONSTANT BATTLES director Mackenzie Stannard and Writer and producer Sepideh Yadegar joined #CarolynTalks, to discuss their documentary about Iranian Canadian boxer Nyousha Nahkjiri's battles with ADHD and anxiety to make it as a professional athlete in the ring.</p><p>Mack and Sepideh also speak about how Nyousha's mother Elehah's own story became an integral part of the film when she revealed she had been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in Iran as a teen for her activism for women's rights, demonstrating that girls and women have many obstacles to be fought in patriarchal societies.</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.mackstannard.com/</p><p>https://www.sepidehyadegar.ca/</p><p><br></p><p>Find me on Social Media at: @CarrieCnh12</p><p>To support my work, funds can be donated through paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525</p><p><br></p><p>My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrush</p><p><br></p><p>Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.</p>","author_name":"Carolyn Hinds"}