Iranian Night: Dance Lessons + Appropriate Behavior // Fisk x woo-woo
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THE EXPERIENCE
Join us for a night of Iranian dancing, film and culture! Iran is culturally diverse and rich and Sahar will be sharing dance moves from just a handful of traditions, along with curated Iranian music videos from various time periods to enjoy and dance to. Bijan Berahimi from Fisk will be giving a short talk on Iran and Nowruz. Afterwards we will screen Sundance Festival darling Appropriate Behavior.
ON SCREEN: Appropriate Behavior
2014. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. Runtime: 1hr 30min. Not Rated.
For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Rebecca Henderson), can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.
culture
performance
$15
all-ages
Sahar, Bijan Berahimi
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