Blacks of Iran

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Blacks of Iran

Synopsys

Blacks of Iran is about Afro-Iranians who live in Iran’s Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan provinces. This documentary explores the daily activities, customs, monuments, fishing, crafts, music, rituals of these people, as well as the climate, physical geography and wildlife of the regions they inhabit.

Filmmaker

Farhad Varahram

Born in 1948 in Borujerd, Iran, Farhad Varahram graduated from the Academy of Film and Television and the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Tehran. He started out in cinema as a cameraman, but soon began directing his own films, resulting in a decades-long fruitful career in documentary filmmaking. His films reveal the colorful ethnic and cultural diversity of Iran. Varahram is also a Film Commissioner in Ethnographic Film lecturer in the University of Tehran, where he’s also an Assistant Professor. Outside of filmmaking, Varahram is a photographer and author of many monographs. Since 1978 he has had numerous photo exhibitions both in Iran and Europe.

 

Selected Filmography

1974 – Stabilizing Sand
1977 – The Palm
1979 – Bazar in Ardehal
1988 – Taraz
1991 – Slaughtering Camel
1995 – The Holy Wedding
1999 – Memory and Legacy
2006 – City Pass, over water
2007 – The Silence of the Jungle
2008 – The Land of the Sun’s Home
2014 – Blacks of Iran
2014 – From Alps to Damavand

Film Details:

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