Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
Wednesday, May 14, 7:00
Friday, May 16, 6:45
Cleveland Museum of Art Lecture Hall

Directed by Nader Takmil Homayoun. Interviews and ample film clips recount the tumultuous history of one of the most revered national cinemas in the world, which has produced world-class filmmakers like Dariush Mehrjui and Abbas Kiarostami. Preceded at curtain time by The Noon Gun (Britain, 2004, 28 min.), an impressionistic portrait of a now-lost Afghanistan that was shot by British filmmaker Anthony Stern in 1971. (France, 2006, color/b&w, subtitles, Beta SP, 98 min.)

Presented in conjunction with the VIVA! & Gala Around Town mini-series of music of Central Asia and the Near East.

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