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Between the Shells
Title
Between the Shells / Shirin Raban.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Shirin Raban, [2019]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (35 min., 47 sec)) : sound.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by Shirin Raban, 2019.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 12, 2021.
Title from distributor's description
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
For over fifty years, Mr. Moosa Haim (Jalil) Harooni has been transforming mere seashells into heartfelt characters from the Old Testament, Persian Mythology and legendarykings and poets such as Cyrus the Great, Reza Shah, Ferdowsi, Hafez and Omar Khayyam. His dioramas also tell the plebeian stories of a shoemaker, a flower girl, a defeated matador, dancers, musicians, lovers and animals. The latest works of Mr. Harooni include Abe Lincoln freeing a slave, and George Washington. Mr. Harooni's art is a reflection of his life journey as an Iranian Jew who grew up during WWII, lived through the Islamic Revolution in Iran and migrated to the United States after the Iran Iraq War. The film explores the concepts of imagined worlds, heritage preservation, acculturation and dealing with trauma through art.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Arabic
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2021
Videorecording number
239510 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Infobase, film distributor.
Shirin Raban (Firm)
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