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Trailer: Filmfarsi

Jan 10, 2020

A black and white image of two men from the documentary Filmfarsi

"Reminiscent of archival artist Bill Morrison’s Dawson City: Frozen Time, a doc constructed from damaged reels of early North American silent films, Filmfarsi projects the fragility of cinema’s format, and the ideas it carries, against volatile conditions. In the former, it’s a combustible silver nitrate base, in the latter, a combustible political climate. These movies are survivors!" —Hyperallergic

In Filmfarsi, Ehsan Khoshbakht shares a forgotten part of international film history and insight into pre-Revolution Iranian society. It screens Wednesday, February 5 at 7 PM.