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DESCRIPTION:Film Screening of Letters to the President Directed by: Petr Lo
 m (74 Minutes) “This is an observational verité film about President Ahmad
 inejad’s regime in Iran. The director - the only foreign filmmaker with th
 is exclusive access - was allowed to travel on several of the President’s 
 populist trips to the countryside in 2008. On these trips\, the President 
 receives many letters – the government claims ten million – from poor Iran
 ians asking for help. The film takes these letters to the President as its
  narrative thread\, and as a device to provide a glimpse into an Iran that
  is usually not open to outsiders. Finding little evidence for the governm
 ent’s claim that its charity resolves the problems of most letters\, the f
 ilm instead shows how promises and propaganda almost always kindle the som
 etimes desperate hope of the poor. More timely than ever\, this film accur
 ately portrays the deep divisions within Iran - showing both Ahmadinejad's
  supporters as well as his opponents\, and illustrating the hypocrisy of t
 he ruling regime.” -Producers 
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Studies Program presents: Letters to the President
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Film Screening of Letters to the President Dir
 ected by: Petr Lom (74 Minutes) “This is an observational verité film abou
 t President Ahmadinejad’s regime in Iran. The director - the only foreign 
 filmmaker with this exclusive access - was allowed to travel on several of
  the President’s populist trips to the countryside in 2008. On these trips
 \, the President receives many letters – the government claims ten million
  – from poor Iranians asking for help. The film takes these letters to the
  President as its narrative thread\, and as a device to provide a glimpse 
 into an Iran that is usually not open to outsiders. Finding little evidenc
 e for the government’s claim that its charity resolves the problems of mos
 t letters\, the film instead shows how promises and propaganda almost alwa
 ys kindle the sometimes desperate hope of the poor. More timely than ever\
 , this film accurately portrays the deep divisions within Iran - showing b
 oth Ahmadinejad's supporters as well as his opponents\, and illustrating t
 he hypocrisy of the ruling regime.” -Producers <br>
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