Mashhad, the award-winning short film from actor and filmmaker Sarah Solemani, will be made available to subscribers of the Jewish streaming platform ChaiFlicks next month.
Currently available for a limited free preview on YouTube via Reboot Studios, the film explores a hidden chapter of Iranian Jewish history. Solemani hopes that it will “generate conversations about the possibility of a more democratic and pluralistic future for Iran, the importance of women’s leadership and participation in rebuilding civic institutions, and the ways Iranian, Jewish, and diaspora communities might imagine a more hopeful future.”
The film is set in the Islamic city of Mashhad in 1930s Iran. It is produced by Reboot Studios and inspired by writer-director Solemani’s family history in the Mashhadi Jewish community.
