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Joonam = Jūnam / Bloonda Studios presents ; a film by Sierra Urich.
Joonam = جونم Bloonda Studios presents ; a film by Sierra Urich.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Iranians--United States.
- Iranians.
- Iranian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- Iranian Americans.
- Iranian Americans--Social conditions.
- Iranian diaspora.
- Immigrant families.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Feature films
- Nonfiction films
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (104 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Jūnam
- جونم
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Grasshopper Film, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English and Persian with English subtitles and optional English closed captions.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Filmmaker Sierra Urich grew up in rural Vermont, a place and an upbringing far removed from Iran, the homeland of her mother, Mitra, and grandmother, Behjat. Only knowing Iran through family stories, food, and holidays, and with the prospect of travel to the country a seemingly impossible dream, she embarks on a personal quest to make sense of her fractured Iranian identity. Navigating barriers of language and culture (not to mention the complications of geopolitical conflict and displacement), Sierra turns to Mitra and Behjat to construct a deeply moving and sometimes disarmingly funny portrait of three generations of women and their complex relationship to an Iran of the past. Named for a Farsi term of endearment, Joonam is infused with humor and heart like only a film about family could be. Interrogating family history and memory, including her grandmother's experiences as a preteen bride and her mother's rebellious teenage years during the Iranian Revolution, Sierra Urich constructs a rich, personal film that poignantly reflects the experiences of the Iranian diasporic community and speaks to anyone affected by the dislocation that accompanies immigration
- Participant:
- Sierra Urich, Mitra Samimi-Urich, Gary Urich, Behjat Samimi, Einollah Samimi, Bebe, Venus Junchalong.
- Credits:
- Directed by Sierra Urich; produced by Sierra Urich and Keith Wilson; written by Sierra Urich; cinematographer, Sierra Urich; editor, Sierra Urich; composer, Katya Mihailova ; production companies, Breezy Circle, Chicken and Egg Pictures, and The Harnisch Foundation.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2023.
- Online resource; title from title screen (viewed November 10, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1531597904
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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