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DESCRIPTION:Film Screening of Pearls on the Ocean Floor “This is a document
 ary by Robert Adanto\, examining the lives and works of Iranian female art
 ists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. Pearls on the
  Ocean Floor challenges the media stereotypes and caricatures obscuring th
 e vibrant and robust culture in Iran and its diaspora. Facing issues of id
 entity\, gender\, and social restrictions\, the artists featured in Pearls
  on the Ocean Floor speak with a compelling quiet reserve and a striking b
 oldness. Their works reveals encounters between religion and secular moder
 nity\, change and tradition\, contemporary life and history. These brave w
 omen know now more than ever that their voices must be heard and their peo
 ple understood. Through their words and their art\, the real Iran will be 
 discovered and this important historical moment has been documented.” -Pey
 vand 
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Studies Program presents: Pearls on the Ocean Floor
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Film Screening of Pearls on the Ocean Floor “T
 his is a documentary by Robert Adanto\, examining the lives and works of I
 ranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republ
 ic. Pearls on the Ocean Floor challenges the media stereotypes and caricat
 ures obscuring the vibrant and robust culture in Iran and its diaspora. Fa
 cing issues of identity\, gender\, and social restrictions\, the artists f
 eatured in Pearls on the Ocean Floor speak with a compelling quiet reserve
  and a striking boldness. Their works reveals encounters between religion 
 and secular modernity\, change and tradition\, contemporary life and histo
 ry. These brave women know now more than ever that their voices must be he
 ard and their people understood. Through their words and their art\, the r
 eal Iran will be discovered and this important historical moment has been 
 documented.” -Peyvand <br>
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