My Room in Tehran Was Called America
A writer's journey for freedom of expression.
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Shohreh is a writer torn between staying in a country and culture she has always known and leaving Iran for America to finally be afforded a life without censorship. Toiling during the day in one life and writing at night to dream in another, the film documents her struggles before and after the current femaleled protests in Iran, her correspondence to save other writers-at risk, and her landing stateside amid growing authoritarianism and eventual wars between America and Iran. After fears grow for maintaining her visa status and war continues, she questions the cost of freedom and where home might finally be with friends, family, and notable artists and thinkers who share similar immigration stories of resistance to censorship and repression.
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