Happy Earth Day Earth Luvahs: At the Water’s Edge
(Image: Beach Night, Ajman) What is it about water that makes humans of all walks of life and location so happy? Where ever you find water, you find people enjoying it. Central Park, New York, New York Family Day at the See-o-Say Bridge, Isfahan, Iran See-o-Say Bridge, Isfahan, Iran On the Seine, Paris, France Paris, [...]
Bridge to Iran on LinkTV
One of my favorite film series, Bridge to Iran on Link TV, is currently featuring some excellent Iranian-made documentaries that address female political engagement in Iran. We Are Half of Iran’s Population, provides unparalleled access to the voices of Iranian women talking about what they consider important issues to society and women in Iran before [...]
Women Without Men, a film by Shirin Neshat
I finally watched Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat this week. Of course I totally loved it. The back drop of the film is the 1953 Iranian coup d’etat of elected Iranian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, orchestrated by the United States and England over the nationalization of OIL. The film covers the lives of four [...]
Movie of the Week: No One Knows About Persian Cats (Iran, 2009)
Director: Bahman Ghobadi Genre: Docudrama Running Time: 102 minutes With: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad From IFC…….. “NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS is the fifth feature by award-winning director Bahman Ghobadi (A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES, TURTLES CAN FLY), winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival. Co-written [...]
Art-Visionary: Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi
On January 4, 2011, Prince Ali Rezi Pahlavi, the youngest son of the Shah and Shahbanu of Iran, left this world under unclear circumstances. A few days later, a photograph of his grieving mother, now known as HRH Farah Diba Pahlavi, caught my attention. The accompanying story shared the difficulties of the Pahlavi family in [...]