Laleh Khadivi

Iran native Laleh Khadivi has been working in the film industry since 1998. She was hired by Gabriel Films to organize and direct the outreach program for THE FARM. She was responsible for fundraising, organizing panel discussions, and high school and prison screenings of the film, and creating contact networks to continue the outreach program. In 1998 Khadivi began shooting her own film, 900 WOMEN, at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel. She was granted full access to film in the prison and completed the film in 18 months. 900 WOMEN screened at various festivals in the U.S. and abroad and was aired nationally on A&E. Khadivi has since gained experience in grassroots media activism and is committed to bringing educational documentaries into prisons throughout the South. (09/09)

900 Women
A film by Laleh Khadivi, 2000, 72 min., Color
“The Louisiana Correctional Institute is located in the swamps of southern Louisiana in the small town of St. Gabriel. Built in 1970 to house an incre...