Joonam

Showings

Firehouse Cinema Sun, Jul 28, 2024 3:00 PM
Firehouse Cinema Wed, Jul 31, 2024 7:00 PM
Cast/Crew Info
Directed by:Sierra Urich
Produced by:Keith Wilson
Film Info
Event Type:New Release
Runtime:100 min
Release Year:2023
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English, Persian, Azeri
General:$16
Members:$8
Event Type Link:https://firehousecinema.dctvny.org/newrelease

Description

NY Theatrical Premiere

 

Q&A Fri Dec 1, 8:30pm with director Sierra Urich and moderated by Maya Daisy Hawke, Sat Dec 2, 6pm with director Sierra Urich, Arian Moayed, and moderated by Arian Moayed, Joonam Executive Producer, Sun Dec 3, 4:30pm with director Sierra Urich, Yara Elmjouie, and moderated by Yasmin Vossoughian

 

Filmmaker Sierra Urich grew up in rural Vermont, a place and an upbringing far removed from Iran, the homeland of her mother, Mitra, and grandmother, Behjat. Only knowing Iran through family stories, food, and holidays, and with the prospect of travel to the country a seemingly impossible dream, she embarks on a personal quest to make sense of her fractured Iranian identity. Navigating barriers of language and culture (not to mention the complications of geopolitical conflict and displacement), Sierra turns to Mitra and Behjat to construct a deeply moving and sometimes disarmingly funny portrait of three generations of women and their complex relationship to an Iran of the past.

Named for a Farsi term of endearment, Joonam is infused with humor and heart like only a film about family could be. Interrogating family history and memory, including her grandmother’s experiences as a preteen bride and her mother’s rebellious teenage years during the Iranian Revolution, Sierra Urich constructs a rich, personal film that poignantly reflects the experiences of the Iranian diasporic community and speaks to anyone affected by the dislocation that accompanies immigration.

 

 

Trailer

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