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Power Tends To Corrupt,
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Author: Bahram Maskanian

Treatment:

Shackles - Womankind Enchained -, timeline moves from Tehran to the hostile deserts of Southeast Eastern Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and from NATO Forces hospital in Afghanistan to Milan, Verona, Venice and Rome, Italy and finally New York City, US.

Shackles - Womankind Enchained -, the movie, is a highly charged and unpredictable emotional roller coaster. This thought provoking movie will shock the audience, it will make them think, cry, love and laugh. This feature film will deliver compelling, encouraging and very entertaining story that will inspire the audiences all over the world to take a closer look at religious supported sexism and slavery, get involved to solve this tragic and barbaric problem of slavery that affect us all, the humankind.

Shackles - Womankind Enchained -, is the story of a realistic voyage of two (2) educated progressive Iranian women, Azar and Roya in their late twenties (20s), based on actual true story and daily events. Azar and Roya after participating in their last peaceful political protest and suffering from an outrageous savage beating in front of Tehran University by the mullah's Islamic militants, decide to leave Iran. It has already become clear for Azar and Roya, the two (2) main heroines, that the future for educated Iranian women in pursuit of human rights, gender equality, dignity and liberty is bleak at best. Azar and Roya decide to escape mullah's Islamic oppression by however means possible.

Azar and Roya are of independent minds and personalities, unwilling to accept men as superior beings to women. Azar and Roya have a natural distaste for men in general, due to their upbringing and exposure to the oppressive laws of Islam and constantly being forced to wear the oppressive Islamic -- roopoosh -- costume to cover them-selves from head to toe. They both have already graduated with masters from Tehran University for a few years already, unable to find suitable jobs and are still dependent on, and living with their families. In the pursuit of employment, Azar and Roya are asked at many occasions to submit sexually and unconditionally to the mullah bosses if they want the offered employment opportunity.

The story's premise simply extends further, opening a window looking into the miserable fate of Iranian / Persian womankind in the shackles of religion, controlled and enslaved by mullahs according to religious dogma. Unable to sacrifice their virtues and human dignity, Azar and Roya after making many attempts to obtain visas for either one of the European countries, Canada or the US, realize that the only way out of Iran open to them, is through the Iran and Pakistan border with the help of human smugglers, with real consequences of either getting arrested by the mullah's border guards, or falling prey into the hands of barbaric criminal human traffickers / slave traders.

Azar and Roya through their highly dangerous journey, escaping from Iran, fall prey into the widespread web of human traffickers / slave traders. In a harsh way Azar and Roya are confronted with the horrible realities of young women and men, captured, sold and enslaved for forced prostitution, domestic sex slaves, horse / camel jockey, forced labor, religious sacrifices, or for being murdered and butchered for their body parts to be sold in organ transplant markets. Azar and Roya after being sold to three (3) Arab slave traders. Both Azar and Roya under these terrifying circumstances, suffer brutal repeated savage beatings and rape. While captive in the slave camp Azar and Roya meet other female slaves, from other countries and learn more about the size of the operation. Clear indication that the ruling mullahs must be in on it, profiting from it, otherwise it would have been impossible for these slave-trading criminals to operate so freely with complete impunity.

After the completion of the three (3) Arab slave trader's transactions, while in transit through series of dangerous encounters, heroic and risky actions, Azar manages to kill one (1) of the Arab slave traders and facilitate their escape. Azar and Roya take all that the dead Arab had in his possession and attempt to escape using his car to go to Afghanistan.

Shortly after while Azar and Roya are in route to escape, they are spotted by the other two (2) Arab slave traders, resulting in a dangerous high-speed car chase by the two (2) Arab slave traders while driving through the desert towards Afghanistan. While being pursuit, Azar, Roya and Arab slave traders are detected by the NATO border patrol helicopters. Azar and Roya are rescued by the NATO border patrol and Arab slave traders are destroyed. Azar and Roya receive medical treatment and stay in NATO medical personnel care for four weeks. With help of the US rescue team and medical personnel, Azar and Roya are rewarded with US immigrant - E1- Visas.

After a full physical recovery, Azar and Roya say goodbye to their newly found friends and travel to Milan, Italy, to prepare themselves for their trip to the US. Azar and Roya decide to spent some time in Italy and travel from Milan to Rome by driving a convertible car, before flying to the US. They experience many adventures while on route to Rome. Through a family friend in Rome, they make friends with an Iranian / Italian woman and an ex-orthodox Jewish woman from Israel who has also suffered almost the same fate.

These women together begin to discover the powerful and forbidden orthodoxy aspects of religious doctrine. The orthodoxy adheres to the accepted medieval traditions established by the manmade religious faith, especially in the three (3) Adam & Eve based religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which for thousands of years have killed millions of people who disagree with their dogmatic traditions and effectively imprisoned womankind and categorized them as third degree citizens, unworthy of education, respect and dignity as a whole human being and traded and slaughtered women like sheep.

These four (4) women become intimate close friends and decide to join forces together to help other women in similar circumstances. These women, through friendly exchanges of ideas come to agree that humankind means - Womankind And Mankind -. These women agree that the members of humankind consisting of, - Womankind And Mankind -, are equal and shall remain equal at all times and places in any social setting such as family, state, country or any other community situation. Womankind and mankind shall always be equal and must share the powers invested in them by Mother Nature, in guiding humankind through life based on the superior principles of common sense and the viewpoints of ethical standards. Thus the idea of building Temples of Peace and Freedom is born.

There are six (6) original songs (Music and Lyrics) which have been written, produced and recorded specifically for this screenplay. Throughout the movie, each song is played appropriately to set and convey the scene's mood and message at that moment. The soundtrack songs, exhibit thought provoking lyrics and a wide variety of musical styles and forms, ranging from exciting Samba, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, to thrilling dance pieces and a soft ballade. Various cultural instruments and musical concepts were selected to create music that appeals to a universal audience of all ages. Reflecting diverse cultural backgrounds, these musical concepts and interactions result in a mix of styles communicating a rhythmic poetic philosophy of hope, peace and possibilities.

Through the course of the movie it becomes undoubtedly crystal clear for Azar and Roya, that in order to defeat the large social governing dictators, who draw their power and authority from not only religion, but also from the Small-Local-Dictators; fathers, brothers, boyfriends and husbands. Thus in the attempt to eradicate slavery and dictatorship we must educate the Small-Local-Dictators at home first within our own families through learning the true history, by reading related books, reflecting and having an honest open dialogue and discussion. It becomes absolutely crystal clear that the large social governing dictators extend their enforcement tentacles and reach through the use of the Small-Local-Dictators in peoples' immediate homes and surroundings. Fact is that religious mullahs cannot be everywhere at all times.

Shackles - Womankind Enchained -, film will also expose the close relationship between the European and American nation-less corporations with the barbaric Islamic Republic of ruling mullah's in Iran. Mullah's criminal and savage behavior towards the defenseless Iranian people and their terrorist activities, thus setting up the stage for a worldwide boycott of these nation-less corporations in bed, with the mullahs. The movie encourages and sets the stage for a non-violence transformation of power in Iran by the Iranian people.

Azar, Roya and their friends decide to make it their mission to inform and educate the mothers and fathers of the world to stop raising their daughters as an obedient subhuman to men, a passive docile object with a sole mission of pleasing men. Encouraging mothers to teach their daughters the principles of human rights and gender equality and stop teaching the young womankind to behave as obedient submissive incubators. Azar, Roya and their friends second mission is to inform and educate the mothers and fathers of the world to stop raising their sons as a superior gender to women, and teach them the principles of human rights, equality, dignity and stop teaching boys how to act as an emotionally retarded individuals. Teaching our sons and daughters that Womankind and Mankind are equal human beings at all levels.

True ethical democracy is a kind of social governing system that requires the support and participation of the majority of humankind consisting of, - Womankind And Mankind -. Any Spirituality, Democracy and or Governing Laws built by men, just like religion, which has been fabricated by men, shall only serve the producing masters, MEN.

The great and glorious masterpiece of humanity is to know how to live with purpose, what is your purpose in life?

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