Friday, July 4, 2008 
Norooz Productions, the people behind the popular animated film Babak & Friends, recently unveiled their latest project. Mixed Nutz is an animated extension of the Babak brand with a bunch of other multicultural characters added. It’s airing on Tapesh TV (which I’ve honestly never watched, so unfortunately I probably won’t see this until it’s out […]
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On October 23rd, PBS will begin airing a Frontline examination of U.S.-Iranian relations, ominously called Showdown With Iran.
The title and previews for this show seem to beat war drums; I’m encouraged only by the fact that PBS is airing this special. PBS has a long history of being even-handed in its political coverage and I […]
Filed under: POLITICS, TELEVISION, VIDEOS, WAR
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Farnam Bidgoli wrote the Iran’s Mojaz Culture post about Iranian film and TV a couple of weeks ago, and today, the blog Talking Points Memo includes an AP story about a television show she mentioned in that post, Zero Degree Turn (”Madar Sefr Darejeh” in her post).
Also check out this earlier WSJ article about the […]
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Pars Arts usually focuses on culture and media that is mahdood (forbidden) in Iran. But Iran has no shortage of mojaz (permitted) culture - music, films and television approved by the regime. While it is true that the many Iranian families have satellite TV beaming in Voice of America and Tapesh, there is no shortage […]
Filed under: CULTURE, FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEOS
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A few weeks ago, South Park did a pretty funny spoof of the film “300,” pitting Persian club owners against lesbians (the YouTube clip got taken down when Viacom complained). Now, the animated sitcom “American Dad,” which is about a family in which the father is a right-wing CIA agent, has bestowed the Persian community […]
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There’s no TV at Pars Arts headquarters, but the Adventure Divas makes us wish we’d had one when their shows, which are a “lipstick feminist” take on travel, aired on public television. The main “divas,” mother and daughter Jeannie and Holly Morris, traveled the globe to find women doing cool things. Their journey included a […]
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We’re pleased to present our first post in the Interviews with Young Iranians Series on parsarts.com. In this series, we’ll be talking to young Iranians to watch - they’re doing cool things in their respective fields, and getting noticed for them. One of these is up-and-coming actor Omid Abtahi, who has been a cast member […]
Filed under: FILM, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS, TELEVISION
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