Fresh Air, Jamsheed Akrami and Wash West
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Fresh Air, Jamsheed Akrami and Wash West
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Narrated by:
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Terry Gross
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Terry Gross
About this listen
Filmmaker Jamsheed Akrami is a scholar of Iranian film. His two documentaries are Dreams Betrayed and Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the Revolution. Together, they explore Iranian filmmaking before and after the 1979 revolution. In Iranian films, male and female characters are not allowed to touch, ever, and women must be veiled at all times. Despite these and other limitations, Iranian cinema has garnered international critical acclaim. Akrami is an associate professor at William Paterson University. Porn film director Wash West, aka Wash Westmoreland. His newest is The Fluffer, set in the gay porn industry. As compared to the films of Iran, Wash West's movies are all about touching. His other films include Seven Deadly Sins: The Gluttony, Naked Highway, Animus and Toolbox. West has won much acclaim, including several from the Adult Video News Awards and the Gay Erotic Video Awards. (Broadcast Date: March 7, 2002)
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