In this powerful roundtable conversation structured by the Shahrazad Squad Conversation Cards - inspired by Shahrazad and the epic tales of One Thousand and One Nights - moderator and guest curator Parisa Parnian sits in community with a panel of LGBTQ+ Iranian Americans to discuss the current Uprising through the lenses of Justice, Imagination, Desire, Journey, Home, and Family/Tribe in the diaspora. Featuring guest curator and filmmaker Parisa Barani, author and screenwriter Abdi Nazemian, film producer and curator Roya Rastegar, Lecturer and Ph.D. at UCLA's Department of Gender Studies shawndeez, and actor Helya Salarvand.
I Am Nasrine is an intimate journey of self-discovery and ultimately reveals the unfolding of a soul. Set in modern day Tehran, and the UK, the film follows the paths of Nasrine and Ali, sister and brother in a comfortable, middle class Iranian home. When Nasrine has a run-in with the police, the...
