Perspective Film Series:
Persepolis (2007)
dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
March 24 | 5:30 PM
2007 | France / Iran | 96 mins
Referencing the historical city of Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis (2007) is an animated film based upon her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name.
Set against the backdrop of the growing tensions in Iran in the 1970s and 1980s, this coming-of-age film traces Satrapi’s life in pre-and post-revolutionary Iran, as she grows into a punk-loving teenager in Iran. This tender and poignant story intertwines the personal with the political as we see members of her liberal-leaning family detained and executed, all the while bearing witness to the devastating repercussions of the Iran/Iraq war.
FREE for Members. Non-members: $10—your ticket to this screening includes admission to Contemporary Calgary. Our galleries are open from 12-5 PM for viewing prior to attending the program.
The 2024 edition of Perspective is curated by Muriel N. Kahwagi, Assistant Curator at Contemporary Calgary. The series will feature monthly screenings that amplify voices from the Global South, deconstructing broader moving-image practices through an anti-colonial framework. In particular, this year's Perspective will focus on filmic works from the Caucasus, as well as Southwest Asia and North Africa, a region that continues to grapple with the enduring legacies of colonial violence.
This film is French with English subtitles.
About the Curator:
Muriel N. Kahwagi (she/her)
Muriel N. Kahwagi is a writer and curator, working primarily across publishing and programming. Her research is centered on the politics of collecting and archiving the performative; and the act of listening as a form of preservation in and of itself. In 2023, she was the TD Curatorial Fellow at Art Windsor-Essex, and a curator as part of Vtape’s Curatorial Incubator, v.19. She is currently the Assistant Curator at Contemporary Calgary, and a programmer at the Toronto Arab Film Festival.
