Red Wednesday
Nine-year-old Sholeh attempts to revive her ailing mother with a Zoroastrian fire celebration.
Link to Filmmaker Nazanin Shirazi >
Director: Nazanin Shirazi
Awards:
Student Academy Award Nominee 2008
USA National Film Festival (Finalist)
Screenings:
Breckenridge Film Festival -- Colorado
Avignon Film Festival
Maine International Film Festival
Salento International Film Festival -- Italy
International Film Festival South Africa
Did You Know?
In the decade following Iran's Islamic Revolution (1978-1979), the number of Iranian immigrants in the United States increased by 74 percent.
- Hakimzadeh, Shirin, and David Dixon. “Migration Information Source: Spotlight on the Iranian Foreign Born.” Migration Policy Institute. 1 June 2006. 10 July 2008 http://migrationinformation.net/Feature/print.cfm?ID=404.
