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Philip Glass’s orchestration rhythmically underscores the ritualized movements of the funerary preparations and procession that are the film’s subjects. Neshat’s panoramic landscape provides an epic backdrop to the actions of figures who move from the ritual to the elemental, giving rise to dust, sticks, stones and fire, which form a metaphoric circle of life, death, and the hope of renewal. Magical.

Shirin Neshat was born in Qazvin, Iran in 1957 and lives in New York City. She has worked in art, multi media, and film, and her work has been exhibited at galleries, museums and festivals worldwide. Her films have been screened at the San Francisco Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, and the Rotterdam Film Festival. Neshat has recieved numerous awards, most recently the Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship in 2008.