On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the Oscar winning Iranian film 'A Separation.' During his acceptance speech, the film’s director Asghar Farhadi urged the world to understand Iran through its rich cultural heritage and history. What do we really know about Iran? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How has 'A Separation' changed the conversation about Iranian society? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Sussan Tahmasebi, women's rights and civil society activist for nearly two decades, and founding member of the award-winning One Million Signatures Campaign, which collects signatures of Iranians who support an end to gender-biased laws in the country
Amir, human rights activist and coauthor of the graphic novel Zahra’s Paradise
Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World at UC Irvine
Web Resources:
Video: Iranian Cinema Under Siege
DP/30: A Separation, writer/director Asghar Farhadi: An In-Depth Interview with Asghar Farhadi
Massoud Bakhshi, The Economic Times: Oscar Awards 2012: Asghar Farhadi's Oscar could take Iranian cinema to the global market
Malihe Razazan, Jadaliyya: 'A Separation' buried under the dust of politics
Babak Dehghanpisheh: Iran's Oscar: The Delicate Victory Dance of the Director of A Separation
Sarah Chayes and Amir Soltani, LA Times: Iran, Israel and the nuclear diversion