MOURNING-BOOK FOR THE LAND OF THE MERIDIAN
Original language title: SOUGNAMEH SARZAMIN NIMROUZ

Country of production: Iran
Year: 2002
Language: Farsi and other languages
37 mins.

The aftermath in Afghanistan. Men still resist, women are wounded, and children know only difficulties but still have hope. All are faithful to their religion, obsessively reciting and meditating on the Holy Koran. These people don't want war, or the Taliban, or the Mujaheddin - nothing but the security of their homeland, and security in God.

Director: Amin Aslani
Script: Amin Aslani
Cinematography: Morteza Poursamadi
Music: Bela Bartok
Editing: Amin Aslani
Sound: Akbar Yaghoubi
Producer: Sima Shahr, Amin Aslani
Source:
Mohammad Atebbai
Iranian Independents
P.O. Box 15875-4769
15336 Tehran, Iran
atebbai@intelirnet.net

Amin Aslani was born in Paris in 1976. He studied philosophy, then worked as an assistant director under his father, the distinguished Iranian documentarian Mohammad Reza Aslani. He has directed three films in addition to MOURNING-BOOK FOR THE LAND OF THE MERIDIAN, and edited thirty more.

Thursday, March 27
7pm
Gallery Theatre
Screening with BLOODLINES