
Jennifer Saparzadeh
2021Shabe Sher
Jennifer Saparzadeh
Short film by Jennifer Saparzadeh. Algerian-born Frenchman Philippe Jacq embodies a psychological journey through exile and loneliness. Traditional and contemporary Iranian poems resound against a bleak black and white landscape as he travels through the material of imagination and longing.
The Night of Songs
Desespero Magnânima
Jennifer Saparzadeh
The wind and rhythm of Lisbon animate the mythological origins of Fado, a music tradition that gives form to the feeling of saudade. The Fado origin story depicts a windless night on the open sea; there, in darkness, stillness, and silence the human voice can access profound emotion—and desperation.
Magnanimous Despair