Film

Americans are way too flippant with their use of the word "hero." Professional sports players, first responders, soldiers, presidents, CEOs, and everyday folks (often doing everyday things) have all been called heroes. The accolade has been watered down so much it has lost all significance. Hero, then, is not a term I use loosely.

History is the object of a construction whose place is formed not in homogenous and empty time, but in that which is fulfilled by the here-and-now. –Walter Benjamin

Shahrnush Parsipur’s writing career began in 1974 with the publication of her first novel, The Dog and the Long Winter. She's been in trouble with Iranian authorities ever since. Today, with more than twenty novels, short story collections, and translations under her belt, Parsipur lives in California. While she has always written in Persian and her fiction has always been about Iran, Parsipur does not consider herself to be a writer in exile.

New York in the 1960’s.

Dylan on the trailer score. 

And a folk-musican protag tortured by the standard pre-requisite dilemmas that embody the Coen Bros. hero journey. 

Sounds like a swell ride to me. 

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[read part 1 here]

[Samer Daboul, Out Loud. 2012. Film]

[Raeda Saadeh, Vacuum. 2007. Video-Installation]