SupamoduThe Past, Present, and Future of Dance in the Muslim World—‘When Arabs Danced’, dir. Jawad Rhalib, 2018supamodu.com - Katya KazbekTrailblazing performers from Arabic countries and Iran, as well as glimpses from the pre-hardline cultural landscapes in this tantalizing primer on …
SupamoduFilm: We Are Not Together, dir. Alex Nezam, 2019supamodu.com - Katya KazbekAn affecting documentary, where the marginalized citizens of Athens—refugees and Greeks alike—speak their minds about the power structures, divisions …
SupamoduMusic: Mitra Sumara, Tahdig, 2018supamodu.com - Katya KazbekAn NYC-based avant-garde band fronted by a singer who found her Persian roots reimagines the music of pre-Islamic Revolution Iran: a delectable …
SupamoduFilm: Born in Evin, dir. Maryam Zaree, 2019supamodu.com - Katya KazbekA German filmmaker of Iranian descent learns that she was born in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison where her mother was a detainee—and embarks on a …
SupamoduBook: Józef Czapski, Inhuman Land: Searching for the truth in Soviet Russia, 1941-1942supamodu.com - Katya KazbekThe memoirs of an artist and activist who traveled across USSR in search of Polish POWs during WWII, that give an unflinching account of life in the …
SupamoduFilm: The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood, dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1990supamodu.com - Katya KazbekI IS FOR IRANMohsen Makhmalbaf is best known for Gabbeh and Kandahar, but this particular film of his is remarkable because it was first censored and …
