Caught Between Two Worlds/Film

Selected Screenings:
May 2011: Klagenfurt University, Klagenfurt, Austria. Conference on Hegemony and the Image

September 19-20, 2009: Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit
iranianfilmfestival.blogspot.com

May, 2008: Melnitz Theatre, Los Angeles, California

April, 2008: ArteEast Film Series, Cantor Film Ctr, NY

December, 2007: CUNY Graduate Center

November 2007: Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting Montreal, Canada

Upcoming Screening:
October 20-23, 2011: American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD

Distribution: Arab films at www.arabfilms.com/item/501 or contact us at info@caughtbetweentwoworlds.com

More information: info@caughtbetweentwoworlds.com

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Sayareh: Most Iranians are conservative, Republicans. They don't even support the Democrats let alone the Green Party. But I didn't look like the typical Green Party that they imagined. I looked like them, a professional woman, and talked about the real issues. That's how I could get their votes.

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Maryam: I'm used to it (the veil) now. The first year when we came here it was harder for me. I was the only one. Now I'm used to it. I see a lot of Moslems wearing it. It's the belief that's important. It doesn't matter to me if my friend wears it or not.

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Farrahi: I came with the intention of returning, The reasons why we don't have writers or filmmakers or artists who make work about exile, is because we lead a different life than the exiled do. We have doctors, plumbers, lawyers, store owners, all the occupations that respond to the needs of a society. As a result we are not in touch with the greater American society.

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Houman: I want to go back to Iran, I'm tired of it here. Because we're living in a country of thugs here or there, what's the difference? I won't be missed here, back home I am missed.