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21 February 2010 at 15 : 53 PM
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Bahman Maghsoudlou gave a lecture about his new book Grass: Untold Stories at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey on Sunday, February 21, 2010. The program, sponsored by the Persian Cultural & Humanitarian Association (PCHA), was free and held at the Weiner Library from 3 to 7PM After an introduction by Mrs. Faranak Zamani on […]
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24 January 2010 at 15 : 14 PM
Film Society of Los Angeles
On Sunday, January 24th at 6:30PM, the Film Society of Los Angeles in its 91st program, presented a lecture/book signing by Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou for his latest book Grass: Untold Stories, including a screening of an unforgettable, newly digitized print of the film Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life, the subject of the book. Grass: […]
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23 January 2010 at 15 : 59 PM
Voice of America and Grass: Untold Stories
Last year, Shabahang, a very successful program on Voice of America Television based in Washington DC, aired a long interview with Bahman Maghsoudlou about his newly published book, Grass: Untold Stories. After more than six months during which the book received excellent reviews and established itself as the one and only academic source about one […]
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23 January 2010 at 15 : 11 PM
Chapman University, Orange County, California
On Saturday, January 23, at 2PM, the Chapman University Center for Global Education, the Iranica Institute of Irvine, California, and Mazda Publishers Inc., sponsored a lecture and book signing for Grass: Untold Stories by Bahman Maghsoudlou. The presentation, entirely in English, also included a screening of the feature documentary, Grass: A Nation’s Battle For Life, […]
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7 January 2010 at 15 : 47 PM
BBC World News and Grass: Untold Stories
In the wake of the interview with Bahman Maghsoudlou about his latest book Grass: Untold Stories aired by Ekran on BBC Persian Television in December 2007, the buzz and attention drawn towards both the book and the magnificent silent film, Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life, that is its subject was such that BBC World […]
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21 November 2009 at 15 : 26 PM
Ardeshir Mohasses screened in London
A lecture by Hadi Hazavehie, noted painter and museum curator, was held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Kensington Central Library in London, organized as part of a special program by Anjoman Sokhan and Kanoon Iran. Due to it being the first anniversary of the death of Ardeshir Mohasses, the famous Iranian caricaturist, the […]
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30 October 2009 at 15 : 29 PM
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments in Sweden
After almost seven years of production, Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments, the fourth feature-length documentary in the Renowned Iranian Artists series, had its official premiere at Stockholm on October 30, 2009. This film is a both a biographical and analytical look at Iran Darroudi, the famous Iranian artist. Bahman Maghsoudlou, the director and […]
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25 September 2009 at 15 : 42 PM
Screening of Grass, plus book signing in London
On Friday, September 25th, Kanoon Iran, The Center for Preservation of Iranian Culture and Art, as part of their longstanding program held on the last Friday of each month for the last quarter of the century, sponsored a lecture at the Central Library, Kensington Town Hall in London by author/filmmaker Bahman Maghsoudlou about his latest […]
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5 June 2009 at 15 : 40 PM
Book Signing for Grass: Untold Stories in Berlin
The Cultural Foundation of Dehkhoda sponsored a special program to present a screening of the film Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life and a lecture about the film by Dr. Bahman Maghsoudlou, author of Grass: Untold Stories on Friday, June 5th at its center in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Maghsoudlou, at the beginning of his lecture […]
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1 June 2009 at 15 : 08 PM
IFVC Documentaries at BBC Persian Television
BBC Persian Television recently acquired the TV rights to Ahmad Mahmoud: A Noble Novelist, the unique documentary about the outstanding Iranian writer. This marks their third acquisition from IFVC, having previously obtained the rights of Life in Fog by Bahman Ghobadi and the documentary Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty. All three documentaries were produced […]
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