List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-01-31

Saturday January 31 2004, 7:30PM ( Buy ticket )

> BLACK TAPE-A TEHRAN DIARY
(Ravaryete Makdus)
(2002) Directed by Fariborz Kamkari

A young Kurdish woman in Tehran receives a video camera for her
birthday and proceeds to record, often surreptitiously, the heavily
circumscribed-and increasingly disturbing-domestic life she leads
with her older, controlling husband. The film gradually reveals their
marriage to be a chilling allegory for the utter powerlessness of the
dispossessed Kurdish population. First-time filmmaker Fariborz
Kamkari borrows the conceit of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-we see only
what the video camera records-to create a harrowing account of
psychic and physical confinement, complete with hints of sexual
sadism and a touch of Gothic horror. Not for the fainthearted, BLACK
TAPE is a scorching howl of protest.

Producer: Sayed Ahmad Samsam Shariat. Screenplay: Fariborz Kamkari.
Cinematographer: Tiraj Aslani. Editor: Amin Aslani. Cast: Mehdi
Asadi, Parviz Moasesi, Shilan Rahmani. Presented in Farsi dialogue
with English subtitles. 35mm, 83 min.

Persian Classical and Folk Music

Nay Davood Ensemble

Date: January 31, 2004 at 8 P.M.
Location: First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way. Berkeley, CA 94704.
Tickets: Available at Persian Stores.

Reservation Phone #: (510) 888-2376

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