Free Screening To Protest Imprisonment Of Iranian Filmmakers

Free Screening To Protest Imprisonment Of Iranian Filmmakers
by vildemose
04-Jan-2011
 

The two Iranian filmmakers have also been banned from film-making for twenty years. Various online petitions and open letters have been circulating in support of their release, including one by fellow Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts.

Facets, who distributes some of Panahi's work, is holding a free screening of Panahi's film The Circle on Sunday, January 16 at 1 p.m. It was banned by the Iranian government but won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000. "Why is it considered dangerous in Iran? Because it argues that under current Iranian law, unattached women are made to feel like hunted animals," Roger Ebert notes.

Guest speakers to be announced will be present during the screening to provide context and updates concerning advocacy efforts.

Facets is located at 1517 W Fullerton Ave.

Balatarin
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vildemose

Thank you Bavafa jan and

by vildemose on Tue Jan 04, 2011 07:12 PM PST

Thank you Bavafa jan and Nazy nazanin. I hope the Bay area will also follow suit.

 Happy New Year.

Aliafandi: thank you for your insightful input.


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Nazy Kaviani

It's in Chicago, Bavafa

by Nazy Kaviani on Tue Jan 04, 2011 06:00 PM PST

What a good idea! I'll check around to see if something like this is happening in the Bay Area.

P.S. I second Bavafa on that, Vildemose! Welcome back. Your absence was felt.


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Bavafa

Welcome back Vildemose

by Bavafa on Tue Jan 04, 2011 05:56 PM PST

Is this screening in SF?

Thanks for posting it.

Mehrdad


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Aliafandi

Dangerous Game....

by Aliafandi on Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:47 AM PST

This behavior is extremely dangerous. As mentioned, young unattached women in Iran are treated like animals. Under current system, They have no rights to exercise and any statement to even imply any rights will be silenced with harshest punishment.

You have to wonder why a film or movie makes a tyrant feel threatened? they must be scared. Their decision has already popularized this film and will cause more and more people in Iran to want to see it. Great pubilicity by the tyrants. Perhaps more and more of these types of media can keep them occupied enough to lose control.

Unfortunately, dealing with these people who have no logic or conscience or resepct for human lives, is extremely difficult. You have to bring yourself to their level in order to deal with them. Or find the ones who can do it for you.

As far as overturning the prison sentence, it is very easy. All its needed is money. Lots of it. Get it to the right person in Iran and they will have it over tunred. This is their legacy,bribe, cheat and more of it.


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