Online Screening of Documentary Movie "NASRIN" directed by Jeff Kaufman


 Center for Persian Studies and Culture     Oct 13 2020 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Eventive

Please join us on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT for the online screening of documentary movie "NASRIN" directed by Jeff Kaufman.

NASRIN is an immersive portrait of attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of the world’s most prominent human rights activists and political prisoners. Nasrin has long fought for the rights of women, children, LGBT prisoners, religious and ethnic minorities, journalists and artists, and those facing the death penalty. She was arrested in June 2018 for representing women who were protesting Iran’s mandatory hijab law, and she was sentenced to 38 years in prison, plus 148 lashes (12 years of which she must serve). From prison, she has continued to challenge the authorities. An Amnesty International petition calling for her release received over a million signatures from 200 countries. She has received several international human rights awards, the latest being The Right Livelihood Award, known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize," which has been honoring courageous changemakers for the past forty years.
Written and directed by Jeff Kaufman, produced by Marcia Ross, and secretly filmed in Iran by women and men who risked arrest to make it, the film also tells the story of Iran’s remarkably resilient women’s rights movement.
Read more about Nasrin and the film: (https://www.nasrinfilm.com)

This program will broadcast live October 13th from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm PDT. You will not be able to pause or rewind. If you join late, you will miss the program.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required on Eventive. (https://watch.eventive.org/nasrin/play/5f761e975eb53200f011c5e0?fbclid=IwAR0jupYjgrwxwOsS9-J13y7WD9XP3ZepCaBk0DxjbwMzb-hl7P-iBDItQng). Please use code CSUN to preregister or pre-order the film for free.

Make sure to CLICK HERE (https://watch.eventive.org/nasrin/play/5f7a7a76ec818d0093ad3aad?fbclid=IwAR0syVnQ6QSSS8gUK7on3oE65EsWXp8k1bUu7Tx9gw-svb66pkPfvOUmtx4) when the film has finished to watch the LIVE Q&A with the film-making team.

This event is presented by the NASRIN film-making team in collaboration with CSUN College of Humanities, UCSB Iranian Studies Initiative and UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.