STF’s night of Iranian radicals: BASSIDJI

image Last Tuesday night, STF hosted a sneak-preview of Mehran Tamadon’s BASSIDJI, fresh from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.  Although Tamadon was unable to join us from France, Hamid Rahmanian (director of THE GLASS HOUSE and coincidentally a doppelganger for Tamadon) had spent the previous few days skyping with the French director and was able to answer all the STF audience’s questions.  A very timely film, BASSIDJI explores the ideology behind the Iranian militias who cracked down on reformists this past summer.

image Iranian filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian (BE LIKE OTHERS) with her mommy.
image Adella Ladjevardi of Cinereach (second from the left) rallied a group of fellow Iranian women (including Anna Mirandi - far left) and one lucky guy to attend the screening.
image Co-director of THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND Bill Siegel with Iranian filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian (THE GLASS HOUSE).
image from IRAN: IMAGES FROM THE UPRISING (aka BASSIDJI) Related Film/Screening:
IRAN: IMAGES FROM THE UPRISING (aka BASSIDJI) by Mehran Tamadon

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