[Mitai-announce] Screening of Women Without Men w/ Shahrnush Parsipur

[Anahita Maghami]

MIT Amnesty International in Collaboration with Women's and Gender Studies
Program and Technology and Culture Forum Presents:

Screening of Women Without Men
followed by a Q&A session with Shahrnush Parsipur

When: Friday, March 18, 7:00-9:30pm
Where: 32-141, map <http://whereis.mit.edu/>

*Free and open to the public


In her feature-film debut, renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat offers a
view of Iran in 1953 when a British- and American-backed coup removed the
democratically elected government.

Adapted from a novel by Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, the film weaves
together the stories of four individual women during those traumatic days,
whose experiences are shaped by their faith and the social structures in
place.

There is no price for admission.

Discussion with the author of the novel Women without Men, Shahrnush
Parsipur, to follow.

Co-sponsored by MIT Amnesty International, Technology and Culture Forum, and
MIT's Womens & Gender Studies Program.