Terrestrial Verses (Iran Underground) (Film)

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When:
September 21, 2025 @ 2:55 pm – 5:00 pm
2025-09-21T14:55:00-07:00
2025-09-21T17:00:00-07:00
Where:
New Parkway Theater
474 24th St.
Oakland
CA
Cost:
$16

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.

 

Includes a post-film Q&A and discussion.

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