The Lost Cinema

This documentary by filmmaker and film scholar Jamsheed Akrami examines Iran's prerevolutionary cinema and the fact that these films are banned in contemporary Iran. Akrami introduces the screening. The Lost Cinema is an updated version of Akrami's 1985 film Dreams Betrayed. (100 mins.)

A filmmaker, critic, and professor in the Department of Communication at William Patterson University in New Jersey, Akrami is a distinguished commentator on Iranian cinema and a frequent visitor to the Wexner Center.

Stay after the screening and join us for a free reception at 6 pm in the Wexner Center CafÈ. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and meet filmmakers Babak Payami and Jamsheed Akrami. The reception is cosponsored by Ohio State's Middle East Studies Center, Iranian Student Organization, and Iranian Students & Scholars Association. (The reception continues until the 7 pm start of this evening's screening of Payami's The Silence Between Two Thoughts.)

support credits

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.