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Where Do I Belong?
Mahvash Sheikholeslami 2007
Categories: Spotlight On Iran
Run time: 68 min. | Iran | Language: Farsi
Faced with a nation crumbling down around them, millions of Afghans have been fleeing their home country over the past 30 years. War, brutal regimes and poor quality of life have made it a necessity to move on. Many have sought refuge in Iran, most without official status or sanction in that country. While there, many Afghan men wed Iranian women, often despite deep-rooted cultural frictions. Their compelling stories are elegantly considered by award-winning filmmaker Mahvash Sheikholeslami in Where Do I Belong? As the couples struggle to be accepted, both officially and culturally, their stark interviews expose lives filled with raw and uncompromising decisions about love, country and communal acceptance. Sheikholeslami constructs the film inside a stunning photographic travelogue, filled with dramatic cinematography of rural and urban landscapes. The stories of the mixed Afghani-Iranian marriages often suggest bravery and patience; this is a visually poetic look at enduring, unlikely relationships.
-Brett Hendrie
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9:30 PM     Wed, Apr 23 Innis Town Hall  
5:00 PM     Sat, Apr 26 Innis Town Hall  
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director
Mahvash Sheikholeslami
 
cinematographer
Reza Abiat
editor
Babak Salek
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