NYC: A People in the Shadows

A People in the Shadows (2008, 90 min.)
Friday, November 7, 7 p.m. at DCTV
87 Lafayette Street (south of Canal Street), 3rd Floor, NYC
(subways: N,R,W,Q,6 to Canal)

Almost thirty years after the revolution, and twenty since the end of the long Iran-Iraq war, A People in the Shadows takes us on a voyage into the heart of Tehran, a megalopolis of 14 million people. The city is still recovering from its past, as talk of sanctions and a possible American attack resonate. Using cinema direct methods, the film takes an intimate look at the way people live in this immense city today- caught up in the paradoxes and contradictions of their society, surrounded by images of past and future death, yet finding ways to juggle state propaganda and foreign threat on a daily basis.

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