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The UVA Persian Program, Studies in Women and Gender and the Virginia Film Festival presented a conference and screening series examining one of the world's most creative and flourishing national cinemas.


Conference Panels: March 30-April 1, 2001
Women in Iranian Cinema
Moderator: Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller
Speakers: Kaveh Safa, Abbas Milani, Erik Nakjavani, Shahla Haeri

Crossing Artistic Borders: Film, Architecture and Poetry
Moderator: Jahan Ramazani
Speakers: Mina Marefat, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Farnaz Milani
Screening: The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1962)

Iranian Women Directors
Moderator: Deborah McDowell
Speakers: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Nasrin Rahimieh, Zjaleh Hajibashi, Hamid Naficy

Shirin Neshat and Expanded Media
Moderator: Richard Herskowitz
Speakers: Shirin Neshat, Shahran Karimi, Shoja Azari


Screening Series: March 30-April 5,
Vinegar Hill Theatre
 The Day I Became a Woman (Marzieh Meshkini, 2000)
Shirin Neshat's Trilogy and New Work
The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000)

Cosponsors: Middle Eastern Studies Program, Bayly Art Museum, Persian Cultural Society, South Asia Center, The Special Lectures Committee, The Program for the Humanities and Medicine, and Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.

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