Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Bilingual Lecture Series: Film Screening and Director Q&A with Mohammad Ehsani Alternate live stream on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95549537236 The Water Will Take Us (2022) (Persian with English subtitles) In the spring of 2019 Iran experienced a near apocalypse event that went by almost unnoticed by the world. Widespread flash flooding affected large parts of the country over the course of one month, leading to major damages countrywide and leaving the already impoverished population in utter disarray.  The film is a  look at how years of mismanagement, poor spatial planning and climate change are impacting civil society in Iran. Lady Urmia (2013)...