Iranian-American Bar Association (IABA) of Northern California
LEONA Foundation, Inc.
&
Iranian Student Alliance in America (ISAA)
Present
Sexual Harassment and Domestic Violence in the Iranian Diaspora
University of California, Berkeley
2040 Valley Life Science Building (VLSB)
2200 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94720
5:30-7:30pm
October 11, 2007
Panelists
Shahin Germani
Director of Women Studies, San Jose State University
Elahe Amani
Chair, Coalition of Women from Asia and the Middle East
Don Laffoon
Co-founder and executive director, STOP- GAP
Robert Farzad
President and managing partner, Farzad & Mazarei
Kobra's Decision
Kobra (Zeinab Sohrabi), a young orphan girl who shepherds in the Iranian countryside is summoned back to her tribe's camp, where she's issued an order from her guardian: Spend several days in town with a mysterious elderly woman. Reluctant to leave behind her life (and her beloved horse), Kobra goes, though she has a hard time in her new surroundings and yearns to rejoin her people. Like his previous film, the wonderfully fairy tale-like The Liar Shepherd (MVFF 2006), director Sirous Hassanpour's latest work has a folklore feel that's complemented by an impressive sense of poetic naturalism. Iranian cinema has long had a knack for making films about children; this fable on the importance of community and finding your place in the world speaks eloquently to audiences, whoever and wherever they are.
Presented in association with Iranian.com
Director: Sirous Hassanpour
Producer: Sirous Hassanpour
Screenwriters: Sirous Hassanpour, Payam Yazdani
Cinematographers: Parviz Malekzadeh, Hassan Asadi
Editor: Varuzh Karim Masihi
Cast: Zeinab Sohrabi, Hooriyyeh Mirmohammadi, Fatemah Khan Baba'ee, Mohaddaseh Heidari
Ticket Code: KOBR11R
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CMI
Tehran Iran
Thu. Oct 11 @ Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA @ 7:15 PM