Join us at the Kirkland Library Join each Tuesday in November to celebrate the rich tradition of Iranian cinema and mark the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
Jamshid, an Iranian American school counselor, builds a world-class Ultimate Frisbee team from the immigrant and refugee students arriving at his inner-city public school in Seattle.
An intrepid filmmaker tracks the Taliban’s first year in power in the wake of the United States’ Afghanistan withdrawal, centering on an air force chief and a low-level fighter as the fundamentalist sect takes over a former American military base known as the Hollywood Gate complex.
As the Taliban takes over Kabul, the staff of Afghan newspaper the Etilaat Roz weigh their options: submit to the censorious new regime, continue their award-winning reporting on corruption, or escape their homeland forever.
Celebrate with us at our Meet & Greet Reception on May 12, 2024 at the SIFF lounge.
