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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of Alborz\, We Climb Mountains and
  discussion with filmmaker Maryam Sepehri. Film is in Persian with English
  subtitles. Discussion will be in Persian.\n\nAlborz\, We Climb Mountains 
 (2023\, 84 mins.)\, tells the story of the school during many tumultuous y
 ears in Iran’s modern history\, from the perspectives of its graduates\,
  teachers\, and voices from archival recordings\; it tells it with humor\,
  fondness\, and nostalgia for a bygone era. It exemplifies what has been l
 ost in the years since the 1979 Revolution and why today so many among the
  bright and promising young Iranians sound critical of current policies an
 d administrative mishandling of one of their country's once top educationa
 l institutions.  Watch the trailer on YouTube.\n\n\n\nMaryam Sepehri is an
  award-winning\, Iranian-American documentary filmmaker. Starting out earn
 ing a medical degree\, she then worked in a medical lab where she quickly 
 realized her heart was in filmmaking and took it upon herself to educate h
 erself in her true vocation.\n\nAfter achieving a B.A. in filmmaking and a
 n M.A. in photography she pursued documentary filmmaking\, focusing on hum
 an expression and learning. She has made several well-received documentari
 es\, winning a number of prestigious awards as well as having a number of 
 short stories published in a book titled Sounds From Beneath The Wall.\n\n
 Her latest documentary Alborz\, We Climb Mountains is about an American Pr
 esbyterian missionary institution in Tehran.\n\nIf you need a disability-r
 elated accommodation for this event\, please contact us at iranianstudies@
 stanford.edu.  Requests should be made by October 16\, 2023.
LOCATION:In person at Stanford (RSVP for location)
SUMMARY:Film Screening: Alborz\, We Climb Mountains
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