August 10, 2005

The Translation Project presents
Short Films of Contemporary Iranian Poetry
PAPER BOATS: A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SCREENING of PAPER BOATS

Sneak-preview of a compelling work in progress
Fusing San Francisco's avant-garde dancers, performers, musicians and filmmakers with contemporary Iranian poetry, PAPER BOATS offers its audience a truly unique look at the collaborative process. PAPER BOATS features seven contemporary Iranian poems acted out by performers with live music composed for each poem to a sold out house at the ODC Theater. Gaining one more level of interpretation, external images were added to the edited performance footage, creating powerful shorts.

PAPER BOATS also includes a narrated section on the history of Persian poetry, a fascinating behind the scenes, as well as a coming attractions section. This unique event allows the audience to see its process, and the individual interpretation of the poetry that each collaborator brings to the piece as we invite support to take it to completion. The Translation Project founded by Niloufar Talebi. Musical ensemble lead by Hafez Modirzadeh, ODC show directed by Zara Houshmand, dance choreographed by Ballet Afsaneh, and editing by InVision Productions.

Thursday August 25th
Dolby Laboratories
100 Potrero @ Alameda
San Francisco, CA
6:30 pm Reception
7 pm Screening, FREE

for directions see: here
for info see: TheTranslationProject.com