{"id":1145,"date":"2023-09-11T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarvproductions.com\/blog\/?page_id=1145"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:55:28","slug":"mouth-harp-in-minor-key","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarvproductions.com\/blog\/mouth-harp-in-minor-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Mouth Harp in Minor Key"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/254832293?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy, on\/in Exile\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/sarvproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mouth-harp.png\" alt=\"Mouth Harp in Minor Key\" class=\"wp-image-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sarvproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mouth-harp.png 663w, https:\/\/sarvproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mouth-harp-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1145_0d6bd4-de alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1145_078520-3a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1145_078520-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1145_078520-3a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mouth Harp in Minor Key: Hamid Naficy on\/in Exile (2017,61 mins)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bilingual and bicultural, Hamid Naficy is the main character in this documentary on the mixed blessings of the state of exile that he has likened to an elevator that runs between \u201ctwo cultural poles, two memories, two lives.\u201d He\u2019s a member of the Iranian generation that lived through the modernization of the country that preceded the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and the Islamization that followed it. Like many Iranians who were studying in US universities when the revolution began, he chose not to return to Iran. He has succeeded both personally and professionally in his adopted country; yet, he has also managed to retain his linguistic and cultural links and succeeded in conducting penetrating analyses of both the rich cultural heritage of his original homeland\u2014his roots\u2014and of the fecund terrain of exile in his adopted land\u2014his routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>At 61 minutes, this film packs a powerful punch elucidating the complexities of personal identity in a rapidly globalized world, where individual, national, and transnational forces rub against each other. 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