Dear friends and colleagues, Looking for a fun, new film to inspire OS practice? Internationally- acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi's "Offside" might not spring to mind. The more I think about it, the more I see...and like.
Quite simply, it's the story of a young Tehrani girl who tries to sneak into the Iran-Bahrain World Cup qualifying match in 2006. The film seems so much about how we choose to be in this world in spite of chaos and how we muddle through. It moved me, my father, and his friend close to (happy) tears. It also moved me to write a letter to President Bush...inviting him to watch the film when he has a chance. I imagine he gets lots of letters telling him how bad the war in Iraq is. I figure inviting a President to fun reflection might bring different results. Heck, if you plan on bombing somebody's country, perhaps watch a few minutes of film about them first, no? If you want to learn more about this film, check out the official site at http://www.sonyclassics.com/offside warmly, raffi * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
