Film Screening: Persepolis

Past Event

Middle East Studies

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM EST
Johnson Center, Room F

Join the Middle East and Islamic Studies, Arab Studies Institute, and Middle East Etc. Film Club for a film screening of Persepolis.

Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power -- forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk rock, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable.

Based on the book by Marjane Satrapi.

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