![]() ![]() I Am Nasrine is a coming of age story of two teenage Iranian refugees in the North of England. Using all her reserves of ingenuity, she recently completed her first feature with no formal film finance. Sundance programmer Shari Frilot said of Gharavi's film "Closer" that "it takes documentary to the next level." Since then, she has made endearing, inimitably voiced films from unique perspectives on subjects as diverse as Muhammad Ali, teenage sexuality, Yemeni-British sailors, The Lackawanna 6, death row exonerees and lighthouses. She is noted for her innovative cross-platform work on migration. Carrying no less than four passports she trained as a painter in the United States and studied cinema in France but currently resides in the North of England. Since leaving Iran in 1979 she has been a true nomad (like her great-grandfather from the Bakhtiari tribe in Persia). Gharavi has been hailed as one of the most inspirational and thought-provoking filmmakers of her generation. Gharavi is a filmmaker whose work focuses on "untold stories, unheard voices" and filmmaking from the margins. ![]() ![]() When you change where you are do you really change who Nasrine" is an intimate journey of self-discovery and ultimately reveals the Then comes 9/11,Īnd things spiral out of control when an unimaginable tragedy occurs. Realities of life in the UK and his awakening sexuality. Her brother Ali, however, struggles with the Into her new life, making friends and forming bonds with the travelers, anĮnglish gypsy community. Undeniable excitement about the prospect of starting a new life in the West,Īnd an eagerness for its promise of new freedoms. That they know, embarking on a reluctant exile. Set out for the United Kingdom, torn about leaving behind their home and all At her father's bidding, she and her brother Home, but when Nasrine has a run-in with the authorities, the punishment is Nasrine and Ali are sister and brother in a comfortable middle class Iranian ![]()
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