<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> 2006 Maryland Film Festival
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Dream Interrupted
Director: Mahmood Karimi-Hakak
38:00 minutes, video, Iran

DESCRIPTION: In 1999 Mahmood Karimi-Hakak successfully petitioned to put on a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Tehran only to have the play shut down midway through the fourth performance by Revolutionary Guards. The cast and crew recall the events of that evening and discuss the state of free expression in Iran.

Have You Eaten?
Director: Khalid Ali
29:00 minutes, DVD, USA

DESCRIPTION: This is the story of three American brothers who travel to China. Their real journey begins when they sit down to eat in a small street-side restaurant. Food is their window into the soul of Chinese culture. As the brothers continue to explore the city, they experience a rich and wonderful variety of Chinese food. Even though it's exotic, food is common ground. Each meal brings them face to face with Chinese people. Seated together at the dinner table, the American brothers and the Chinese are forced to challenge their own long-standing stereotypes, expectations, and fears about each other.

Nalini By Day, Nancy By Night
Director: Sonali Gulati
26:00 minutes, DVD, USA

DESCRIPTION: This documentary looks at outsourcing of American jobs to India. The film journeys into call centers where Indians acquire American names and accents to service the telephone support industry of the U.S.

   

 

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