Survivors of the Earthquake in Bam, Iran:
Film Series Focus Shifts To Aiding Iran Quake Victims 04-JAN-2004*original site not available! Film Series Focus Shifts To Aiding Iran Quake Victims 04-JAN-2004
on Saturday: 03-January-2004, at 19:00. In
Stanley Coulter Hall #239 [SC], at 19:00,640 Oval Drive on the university campus.
Parking is available in University Street Parking Garage [PGU].
Enter through the west door (closest to the Class of 1950 Hall [CL50]).
Process for Donations Films for the Fund Raiser
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within the Greater Lafayette [Indiana, US] area. If anyone needs to give a donation through an electronic transfer, the routing number for PEFCU is:
Iranian Earthquake (27-DECEMBER-2003).
Films for the Fund Raiser
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CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
(1997) IRAN.
Director/Writer: Majid Majid. (1 hr. 29 min.). 3 & half bones/4.
It’s heartening to see young children who are polite and respectful to their elders, responsible and caring in dealing with their everyday problems, and not give up -- such quiet fortitude in spite of disappointments, such tolerance of their circumstance, yet still able to find joy in little things. We catch a smile here and there, for example, when they enjoy the impromptu soap bubbles, or when he encourages his sister by giving her small tokens. This is an absolute gem of a family (value) film. Children’s emotions untapped, yet adults are not left out -- touches of grown-up connections: the parents, the elderly couple next door, the shop-owners, all made this world very real. The camera-work, and the well-designed use of sound mixed with accompanying music (different tonal quality instruments were applied) complemented this cinematic experience. A poetic ending -- there’s a serenity about it all. #2 of 2: Saturday: 03-January-2004 at 19:00:
THE COLOR OF PARADISE
(1999) IRAN.
Director/Writer: Majid Majid. (1 hr. 28 min.). 3 & half bones/4.
This film is about a blind boy. Quick and gentle, in love with knowledge, acutely attuned to the world around him, Mohammad loves his lessons at a school for the blind. He is loved at home by his grandmother and his two sisters. But his father, Hashem, does not love him. Hashem is a widower, ambitious to marry into a prosperous family, and he fears the possession of a blind son will devalue him in the marriage market. Wonderfully spiritual that puts to shame all the other Western films about children.
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