Busboys and Poets welcomes The National Iranian American Council to the Langston room for their monthly Docunight. These events are open to the public. Follow this link for tickets.
This month's feature: Dingomaro
Directed by Kamran Heidari
2013 / 68 min
Persian with English subtitles
Since his Internet hit, "Bad Shans" (hard luck), Hamid Said has become one of the most famous black musicians in Iran. He’s travelling by motorbike across the province of Hormozgan, which is situated in the South of the country on the Persian Gulf, in order to realize his dream. he wants to organize a concert with the best black musicians in the country.
Besides Persians, Indians, Arabs and Europeans, the province of Hormozgan, Iran’s “black south” has been influenced primarily by the descendants of slaves and merchants from Africa. Although Shiites, they still hold Voodoo ceremonies just as their African ancestors did and wakesin Hormozgan are more reminiscent of scenes from New Orleans, with the mourners dancing in an elated and joyous manner to black rhythms.
Filmmaker Kamran Heidari accompanies Hamid Said as he attempts to make his dream come true. He must overcome numerous hurdles along the way: Hormozgan’s landscape, which is as inhospitable as it is breathtaking, traveling from the coast over rugged mountains to the desert, the African spirit rites; and the resistance of his wife, who is completely against his plan.
Kamran Heidari
was born in Gachsaran near Shiraz in 1977. After receiving his Diploma he started making films and attended classes for making documentary films for 5 years. All his documentaries and photos are about people from Shiraz (Fars province) and south of Iran.
“I am Negahdar Jamali, I make Western Films” is his first long documentary which was screened at Docunight in 2014 and was picked as Docunight's best documentary in 2014
