Downtown Huntsville Library
A Woman in the World: An International Film Series
Monday, March 24, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Persepolis (Iran/France, 2007)
Based on and animated in the style of the graphic novel memoir by Marjane Satrapi (who co-wrote and co-directed the film), a young girl experiences the 1979 Iranian revolution, the early days of the rule of the ayatollahs, and the Iran-Iraq war before moving to France and watching events in Iran affect her family from afar.
A Woman in the World: An International Film Series
The films in this series examine the lives of individual women around the world as they pursue their dreams while facing loss, tragedy, and historical upheaval.
March 3: Ponette (France, 1996)
March 10: Wadjda (Saudi Arabia, 2012)
March 17: The Eagle Huntress (Mongolia, 2016)
March 24: Persepolis (Iran/France, 2007)