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04.20.08-In an interview on Tapesh TV, Parviz Gharib Afshar spoke to Sholeh Zahraei, an Iranian producer based out of Holland, about the topic of Iranian rap. While discussing the rapper Hich Kas, Sholeh showed a few clips from "Tehran: Another Side"....Thank You Sholeh! (The program "Simay-e-Ashna" will be rerun on Sunday April 27th)

04.09.08 - DVD now available.

TEHRAN: ANOTHER SIDE (2008)

Every Story Has Two Sides: This story is a film of an Iranian-American who returned to his family’s homeland, and discovered another side of the city erased from the narratives of mainstream media. This is his Tehran, but also a Tehran he aspires to offer into the popular American imagination.

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During a season of intensifying relations between the United States and Iran, Sam Ali Kashani returned to his family’s homeland during the summer of 2007. Like the majority of Iranian-American families that ultimately settled in California, Sam’s family came to the United States after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Sam, however, was thoroughly American, leading a lifestyle typical of any young Californian. Therefore, his perspective of Iran was much like most Americans, colored by skewed media portrayals and political constructions. Yet, the Tehran he observed upon his arrival was anything but what he had seen on the television: the bustling, modern city squares; the influence of Western culture on the adolescents and young professionals, and the vibrant calls for social reform. Tehran: Another Side is a tale of the dynamic city from the eyes of one Iranian-American, which strips the camera from political filtering and humanizes its people with sincerity and honesty.