What is cinema, in the midst of a revolution? The feminist Kurdish call—Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (“Woman, Life, Freedom”) reverberates globally as protests continue in Iran. Filmmaker and scholar Roya Rastegar curates a stunning array of short films, vital news perspectives and viral pieces that captivate global audiences. 

A year-long retrospective series on the 1990's 'New Black Realism' filmmaking wave that changed cinema - and audiences - forever. 

"These filmmakers reimagined genre, breathed new life into an old legacy of cinematic realism, and blew open the space between fiction and the real." 

-Roya Rastegar, PhD, Curator