Posts Tagged ‘ iran ’

Stifled by the State: Bahman Ghobadi

April 27, 2010
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Stifled by the State: Bahman Ghobadi

“No One Knows About Persian Cats” is a film directed by Bahman Ghobadi, an award-winning Kurdish-Iranian film-maker. Mr Ghobadi first came to prominence with “A Time For Drunken Horses,” a film about smuggling across the Iran-Iraq border. “Persian Cats”, which won the Special Jury Prize in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2009...

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Audio Interview: Ozomatli

November 11, 2008
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Ozomatli band member Ulises Bella talks about what it’s like to be a musician who’s also an international cultural ambassador for the US. The full audio interview is at MOTHER JONES.

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