E1: Poetry on the Tip of the Tongue

EP1: Poetry on the Tip of the Tongue 

Episode Description 

Time & Again explores Iran’s rich and deep culture through the lens of the LACMA exhibition In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art.  The series is hosted by actor/comedian Maz Jobrani with LACMA curator Linda Komaroff.

Though Iran is often in the news, for most Americans it is little understood. We have asked a group of experts on Iranian culture - academics, curators, filmmakers and artists - to open a door for us into Iran. Not surprisingly they each ended up focusing on poetry.

More information on the topics discussed in this episode:

• Classical Persian poetry and poets:
• Attar
• Maulana Rumi
• Hafez
• Saadi
• Gulistan (The Rose Garden) by Saadi, recited by Maz Jobrani

Contributors

• Maz Jobrani
• Linda Komaroff
• Persis Karim
• Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

Music

• Theme music by Axiom of Choice
• Selections from the Shahnama read by Gordafarid, the first female naqqal or Iranian epic storyteller

Production

Produced for LACMA by SOUND MADE PUBLIC.

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