We are grateful to the following for helping us organize this series: Barbara Scharres, Director, The Gene Siskel Film Center at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Mohammad Atebbai; Amir Esfandiari, Farabi Cinema Foundation; and Ali-Reza Shahrokhi, Cima Media International (CMI). And for their collaboration and assistance, we thank Bo Smith, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Marian Luntz, Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Hamid Naficy and Kristian Salinas, Rice Media Center; and Alissa Simon.Thursday January 4, 2001
