Watch "Cinema Encounters in Tehran" tonight

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Link TV's documentary Cinema Encounters in Tehran premiered this week and will be shown tonight on Direct TV and the DISH network.  The 2008 documentary follows two young American filmmakers to Iran, where they and Iranian filmmakers Atefeh and Abbas decide to make a film together about carpets.  The film documents their efforts to overcome language and cultural barriers and use cinematic language and friendship to create a film.  Link TV's Bridge to Iran series received a Ploughshares Fund grant in 2008 aimed at promoting dialogue and understanding between Americans and Iranians.  Cinema Encounters in Tehran will be shown again in August, and can be viewed in its entirety on the Link TV website, which also contains detailed broadcast information. 

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Deborah Bain
June 25, 2009
Posted in: Conflict, Conflict & Regional Security, Iran Nuclear Agreement, Middle East & Persian Gulf, Nuclear States