on Iranian cinema

Today we had guest speakers in our film class - half a dozen Iranian directors, writers and an actor.  I now live in a city where people from all around the world just appear because the film industry is actually, you know, um, here.

They were brought into the country by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (yeah, they're the Oscars people), for "Up Close & Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in Their Own Words"

( The talk started with the acknowledgment that some of the directors weren't there because they were not allowed out of their own country by the government )

( things I didn't know about Iranian film )

Really interesting day though