Terrestrial Verses
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Sunday, May 26, 2024 1:30pm
- Saturday, May 25, 2024 3:30pm
Location
The Nightlight
30 N High St
Details
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.
