This is Not a Film
Thursday 8 November 8pm
Iran 2011 / 75 mins Directors: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi Speaker: Maryam Namazie £6 (£5 students) / Jersey Arts Centre Members: £5.10 (£4.25 students)
An Iranian film that documents one day in the life of Jafar Panahi, who is under house arrest and awaiting the result of his appeal of a six year prison sentence and twenty year ban on film-making, leaving the country or giving media interviews for "propaganda against the regime". The film was smuggled from Iran to Cannes in a Flash-Drive hidden inside a birthday cake. It was specially screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
MARYAM NAMAZIE is an Iranian-born campaigner, commentator and broadcaster. She is the spokesperson for Equal Rights Now – promoting an end to discrimination against women in Iran, the One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She works closely with Iran Solidarity, which she founded, and the International Committee Against Stoning. She has spoken at numerous conferences and written many articles on women's rights issues, violence against women, political Islam, and secularism.