The Iran Job Film Screening

Imperial College Iranian Society is proud to present one of the first film screenings of the Iran Job in Europe. THE IRAN JOB follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard as he accepts a job to play in one of the world?s most feared countries: Iran. With tensions running high between Iran and the West, Kevin tries to separate sports from politics only to find that politics is impossible to escape in Iran. Along the way he forms an unlikely alliance with three outspoken Iranian women. Thanks to these women, his apartment turns into an oasis of free speech, where they discuss everything from politics to religion to gender roles. Kevin?s season in Iran culminates in something much bigger than basketball: the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran?s reformist Green Movement ? a powerful prelude to the sweeping changes across the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. Salon "The Iran Job makes a lovely, offhand companion piece to Asghar Farhadi?s Oscar-winning ?A Separation,? Maryam Keshavarz?s drama ?Circumstance? and Iranian director Jafar Panahi?s autobiographical ?This Is Not a Film.? Even better, this is a complicated, accessible and heartfelt human drama, one that Obama, Romney and Americans of all political stripes should see to remind themselves that real people?s lives ? complete with basketball games, Christmas trees and smuggled beer ? lie behind the overheated war talk on Iran." The A.V. Club "The sports drama gives The Iran Job a strong hook, while the cultural context enriches the movie's real story, which is less about Sheppard's life in Iran than about the people he meets." Los Angeles Times "One of those documentaries that is sad and hopeful in equal measure and exceptional in its storytelling. **IMPORTANT NOTICES** 1) Ticket admission is not being charged for this event. This event is free to all internal and external members of Imperial College Iranian Society. 2) This is not a public screening event. 3) No tickets/reservations will be sold/accepted on the night. 4) Maximum number of guests for this event is 50 people. You are advised to arrive early. https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/iranian-products TRAILER: http://vimeo.com/32120011