The Multilingual ECU Film Series welcomes students, staff, alumni, administrators and faculty to a screening of: The Color of Paradise, the 1999 acclaimed drama directed by Majid Majidi. Through breath-taking cinematography and tactile soundscapes, this story of innocence and insight explores how love and responsibility interface with ableism and injustice.

The screening takes place Friday 10 January 2020 16:00 - 18:00 in Reliance Theatre. Doors open at 16:00 for conversation, and the film starts at 16:15.

Director Majid Majidi grew up in Tehran acting in a theatre group as a young boy. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, his interest in cinema brought him to act in various films, and later, to direct. His film, Children of Heaven, was nominated to receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Losing to the Italian film Life Is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni, Children of Heaven is the first Iranian film to have been nominated by the Academy.