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Inheritance /

Inheritance (2012) is a personal documentary film that illuminates diasporic identity formation in the shadow of Iranian gender politics and the Islamic Revolution. Inside her mother's home, the filmmaker excavates the detritus that cushioned her splintering family as they traversed the uneven...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Persian
Language Notes:In English and Farsi, with English subtitles.
Published: San Francisco, CA : Center for Asian American Media, 2011.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Iranian Americans > Biography.
Iranian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Immigrants > Family relationships > United States.
Iranian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Iran > History > Revolution, 1979.
Américains d'origine iranienne > Biographies.
Américains d'origine iranienne > Acculturation.
Américains d'origine iranienne > Identité ethnique.
Iran > Histoire > 1979 (Révolution)
Immigrants > Family relationships
Iranian Americans
Iranian Americans > Ethnic identity
Iran
United States
1979
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Biographies
Documentary films
History
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Inheritance (2012) is a personal documentary film that illuminates diasporic identity formation in the shadow of Iranian gender politics and the Islamic Revolution. Inside her mother's home, the filmmaker excavates the detritus that cushioned her splintering family as they traversed the uneven terrains of Revolution, divorce and eventually, self-imposed exile.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed May 27, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 minutes)
Playing Time:00:27:03