A film by Firouzeh Khosrovani , Morteza Ahmadvand
Maryam is an involuntary immigrant in the US, who after forty years has not forgotten her escape from Iran’s border wrapped in a sheep’s skin. Maryam is always worried about her elderly parents and in constant visual connection with the home in Iran from thousands of kilometers through surveillance cameras. These cameras take her to the days of the 1979 revolution. Today, Iran is again experiencing turbulent days and now Maryam encounters her revolutionary past and revolutionary girls who are challenging the present system.
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An intimate approach, written in the first person, and based on rather disturbing (Orwellian) and highly unaesthetic CCTV footage.