Afro-Iranian Lives by Behnaz Mirzai
Afro-Iranian Lives is a documentary produced and directed by Dr. Behnaz Mirzai.
The movie explores the history of the African slave trade as well as African cultural tradition in Iran, and pays particular attention to socio-economic activities, performances and rituals of the descendants of African slaves in rural and urban communities in the provinces of Sistan va Baluchistan, Hurmuzgan, and Khuzestan.
By producing this documentary, she intended to demonstrate both the diversity of Iranian society as well as the reconstruction of a new identity of African communities in Iran.
Really really really really want to see this. Too bad it’s $200.
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cotional said:
Totally read ‘lives’ as a verb. Lol.
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