WINNIPEG — An Iranian-Canadian imprisoned as a teen in Tehran tells her story of torture to Winnipeg through performance.
Marina Nemat was 16-years-old when she was imprisoned in Tehran, then forced to marry the prison guard who tortured her.
“They put my wrists together and they put the two in to one cuff and as it clicked, my right wrist cracked. I screamed my head off and the torture had not even begun,” said Nemat.
Nemat took part in a performance at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday based on her story. Spoken word, dance and theatrics were merged together to paint the picture of her journey.
Nemat is the author of the novel Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed.
“Dance can convey an emotion way more than words can sometimes even touch,” said Cynthia Croker, the Co-Artistic Director of MOTUS O Dance Theatre.
She joined the Toronto-based MOTUS O Dance Theatre to bring the story back to life.
“My story is the story of atrocity committed against man by man,” said Nemat.
Croker and her troop said they joined in with Nemat to tell her story to give a creative way for the audience to understand what Nemat went through as a teenager and to remind people that this journey is still a reality for many people in our world.