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Hamid Naficy

Born February 2, 1944 · Isfahan, Iran (age 82)

Hamid Naficy is a leading authority in cultural studies of diaspora, exile, and postcolonial cinemas and media, and of Iranian and Middle Eastern cinemas and media. His areas of research and teaching include these topics as well as documentary and ethnographic cinemas. He has published nearly a dozen books (some award-winning) and scores of book chapters and journal articles. In addition, he has l…

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Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile

Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile · 2017

Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile

MovieDocumentary

At the center of this documentary are Hamid Naficy, a historian of Middle Eastern and Iranian cinema and his family, who remained in Iran. Behind them, however, we see the shadows of thousands of other families whose offspring - artists, researchers, scientists - live far away from their homeland. In following Naficy's personal and professional life, this documentary reels in his generation as well, to explore identity, immigration, exile and the cultural purgatory that is created as immigrants try to preserve their ancestral sense of belonging while seeking to establish a new home.

Salamander Syncope

Salamander Syncope · 1971

Salamander Syncope

Early computer-generated abstract film

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Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile

Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile · 2017

Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy in/on Exile

MovieDocumentary

At the center of this documentary are Hamid Naficy, a historian of Middle Eastern and Iranian cinema and his family, who remained in Iran. Behind them, however, we see the shadows of thousands of other families whose offspring - artists, researchers, scientists - live far away from their homeland. In following Naficy's personal and professional life, this documentary reels in his generation as well, to explore identity, immigration, exile and the cultural purgatory that is created as immigrants try to preserve their ancestral sense of belonging while seeking to establish a new home.

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Salamander Syncope

Salamander Syncope · 1971

Salamander Syncope

Early computer-generated abstract film

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