PERSIAN CENTER
Persian Book Club Presents: " A discussion of Simin Daneshavar's novel Su va Shun/Savushun "
SUNDAY, Feb. 22nd starting at 10:30am 2029 Durant Avenue in Berkeley
For more info, contact Frances Kibbe, at fkibbe@yahoo.com
Book Description:
Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege and influence of foreign powers; corruption, incompetence and arrogance of persons in authority; the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship;
tribalism; and the fear of famine. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife and mother, who copes with her idealistic and uncompromising husband while struggling with her desire for traditional family life and her need for individual identity.
Also, we have just received some interesting movies from Iran and will be discussing when to watch these movies and may view one after the book discussion.
2:00 Skinning the Lamb - Balassanian, Sonia None Armenia
Musicians - Askarian, Don English subtitles Germany /Armenia
4:00 Yerevan Conversations - Demirjian, Andrew English US
Lux Aetema - Minasian/Avedikian None France
Terra Emota - Minasian/Avedikian None France
Embers of the Sun - Tjeknavorian, Zareh None US
The Land of Holy Rites - Baghdasaryan, Edgar None Armenia
6:00 Pinched Cheeks - Bastajian, Tina English subtitles US
Hokees - Torossian, Garine English Canada
Mark Set Burn - Khalafian, Christine None US
Music is the Air I Breathe - de Swaan, Carrie English Netherlands
8:00 Jagadakeer - Bastajian, Tina English subtitles US
Aram - Kechichian, Robert English subtitles France
Golden Thread Productions recommends - Armenian Film Festival
For the first time in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Armenian Film Festival will showcase thirty feature-length and short films by and about Armenians.
February 20, 21, 22, 2004 - Delancey Street Theater 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA (Between Brannan and Townsend Streets)
Tickets: $10.00 per screening, $60.00 full festival pass
Advanced tickets available through Ticketweb - Call 866.468.3399 or visit www.ticketweb.com
Limited number of tickets will be available at venue on day of screening.
www.armenianfilmfestival.org
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Armenian Film Festival will showcase thirty feature-length and short films by and about Armenians. Screenings will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 20, 21 and 22, 2004 at the intimate 150-seat Delancey Street Theater in San Francisco. Each screening is designed as a two-hour
program.
Selected by the same curatorial team as the highly successful New York Armenian Film Festival at the Cantor Film Center, the films range from documentary to fiction, features to shorts, and experimental to narrative by filmmakers in Armenia, the Middle-East, Europe and the Americas. The program highlights contemporary pieces that reveal a surprising breadth of approaches and issues relevant to the current moment. Across formal and geographical differences, recognizable themes of displacement, loss, memory, trauma and recognition emerge. Among them are shorts by Oscar-nominee Atom Egoyan, award-winning film maker Tina Bastajian, and "Aram," an impressive feature debut by Robert Kechichian. Other highlights include, "Music is the Air I Breathe," a documentary about the legendary "new music" vocalist, Kathy Berberian, co-presented by Other Minds Festival, "Jews in Armenia," a documentary dealing with mixed identity, "Hokees," an experimental piece about an Armenian woman and her Turkish lover.
Fiscally sponsored by Golden Thread Productions, the Armenian Film Festival is co-presented by the Film Arts Foundation, the San Francisco Cinematheque, and supported by numerous Bay Area Armenian-American individuals and organizations.
Curatorial Team: Anahid Kassabian, Film & media professor at Fordham University, NY Thea Farhadian, Interdisciplinary artist and composer Hrayr Eulmessekian, Filmmaker
A Film by: Iraj Ghaderi
Iraj Ghaderi will be there in Person!
Towne 3 Cinema 3, 5, 7, and 9pm
1433 The Alameda in San Jose
510-888-2226
http://sfpersians.com/
Iranian Pre-Health Association of UC Davis: Bam Fundraiser:
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In light of the devastating castastrophe that took place in Bam nearly a month ago, the Iranian Pre-Health Association of UC Davis cordially invites you for a night of fundraising and reflection...
Rebuild Bam, Rebuild Lives Sunday February 22nd 3:00-5:00 pm
Veterans Memorial Center 203 East 14th Street Davis, Ca 95616
Dr. Motameni, President of Kahrizak Foundation Arsalan Afrakhdeh, Bam representative
Traditional dance performance by Beshkan Dance Academy Along with musical perfomances
Iranian pastries and tea
TICKETS: $10 each; $5 for students w/I.D.~get them now, seating is LIMITED!
For more info contact: IPHA@ucdavis.edu
PARSradio - new persian radio station for the bay area - every Sundays from 5-8 pm on 96.1 FM. visit us at www.PARSradio.net or call 650-917-8789