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| bio: Simin Farkhondeh, is an award winning independent filmmaker, educator and artist living in New York. She was born in Germany and raised in Iran. Her work has been broadcast on PBS, Channel Four in England and on CUNY TV and screened at the Whitney Biennial, the Margaret Mead and the Women of Color Film Festivas. Since 1995 she has been directing and producing Labor at the Crossroads (LaborX), a television program for and about working people, which aired on cable in New York City. She has produced over 25 half-hour programs for LaborX. In 1999 she produced Adjunct Agony, a short dramatic piece about the plight of adjunct faculty in US universities and in 2002 she produced Salt Peanuts, a short piece about the plight of airline workers after September 11. Currently, she is finishing work on Who Gives Kisses Freely From Her Lips, a film about temporary marriage a taboo subject in Iranian culture. |
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