New Commons Project Film Series: PERSEPOLIS
February 12, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space
This event is free and open to the public.
Join us in a screening of the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Discussion to follow.
Notes from Dr. Erika Rodrigeuz, NCP Assistant Director
Last week’s censorship of the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus by a Tennessee school board is a reminder of the enduring cultural potency of comic books. This month, we are excited to turn our attention to a different award-winning autobiographical comic book that has faced censorship in the United States and abroad: Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, a story that tenderly explores the Iranian revolution of the 1970s from a child’s perspective.
Our events in the coming weeks include a book giveaway, local reading group meetings, a film screening, and a faculty panel discussion on aspects of Iranian history and culture central to Persepolis. Finally, our keynote speaker Liz Prince will explore the graphic narrative as a storytelling medium and lead a comic book memoir workshop, in which participants will create their own mini-comic biographies.
As always, all events are free and open to the public. We hope you will join us.
Learn more about this event and New Commons Project here.
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