… and also Mohammad Rasoulof, Panahi’s colleague and fellow director, who received the same brutal sentence that Panahi did.
WHERE:
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
WHEN: February 25 – March 11
Read more here about the films and events
They’re showing Panahi’s The Circle, Offside and Crimson Gold and also showing Rasoulof’s haunting film The White Meadows. There will be also be a panel discussion on March 2nd, moderated by Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University, with various speakers from universities, human rights organizations, and the film world. I will certainly try to attend as much of this as I can. My LA plans are accelerating, so I might miss the panel discussion, but I will do my best to make it.
I am thrilled it is coinciding by a couple of days with my quickly heating-up Iranian Film Blogathon. I have about 15 people already committed to writing pieces, and I am so looking forward to it.
Thank you, Asia Society, for hosting this important film tribute at this crucial time.
Again, all details here.
