Bam Documentaries

Thursday, February 24th, 7 pm
Cantor Film Center  36 E. 8 Street  New York City

$5 Admission

A year has passed since the devastating earthquake that hit the city of Bam, Iran. More than 41000 people died, thousands more were injured and the citadel, with more than 2500 years of history, was leveled within few minutes.

Since this tragic event, there has been a proliferation of films about the subject and film festivals in Iran have actually created special sections in their programs to feature those films.

The films included in this special program have been chosen amongst many documentaries that were made about this event during the past year. The aim was to choose a wide variety of films documenting this tragedy in their own unique way. Each film examines this human tragedy from a different angle. They show the pain, hope, devastation, perseverance and vulnerability of our human nature.

Evening co-sponsored by BamFund.

Program:
Bam: 3rd day, 10th day by Seyfollah Samadian (Iran, 2004, 16 min, DV Cam)
Arg-e-Bam by Mehrdad Zahedian (Iran, 2002, 23 min, DV Cam)
The Search by Mohammad Soofi (Iran, 2003, 9 min, DV Cam)
The Bam Bride by Kiarash Asadi-Zadeh - Morteza Ali-Nejad (Iran, 2004, 6 min, DV Cam)

Break --- 15 minutes

Bam by Shahram Derakhshan (Iran, 2003-2004, 23 min, Mini DV)
Whisper of the Wind by Yassamin Maleknasr (Iran, 2003-2004, 22 min, DV Cam)