The Institute for Hispanic and International Communication,
The TTU Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center,
and LHUCA/Flatland Film present...Global Lens 2012: Mourning (Soog)
From a black screen, a man and a woman are heard arguing and hurrying away from a house. Afterward, the screen radiates brilliant green countryside, traversed by a small black car. Subtitles relay a conversation by another man and woman, but now we hear no voices. Kamran and Sharareh, a deaf couple, are driving Sharareh’s young nephew, Arshia, back home to Tehran. Something terrible has happened. But the couple keep the news from Arshia, debating his future in a language not as private as they believe, and turning a car trip into a subtly humorous and deeply compassionate meditation on communication and emotional disability.
Director: Morteza Farshbaf
Iran | 2011 | 85 minutes
Persian, with subtitles in English
Panelists:
Paul Hunton, Senior Documentary Producer, KTXT-TV
Lahib Jaddo, MFA, College of Architecture, TTU
Dr. Jimmie Reeves, Department of Journalism & Electronic Media, TTU
Dr. Allison Whitney, Department of English, TTU
Global Lens 2012 is a project of the Global Film Initiative
www.globalfilm.org
