Robert Adanto’s new documentary Pearls on the Ocean Floor features interviews with some of the most highly regarded Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic, including Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat, Parastou Forouhar, Haleh Anvari, Sara Rahbar, Leila Pazooki, Afshan Ketabchi, Malekeh Nayiny, Bahar Sabzevari, Afsoon, Gohar Dashti, Pooneh Maghazehe, Mona Hakimi-Schuler, Taravat Talepasand, and Shadi Yousefian and Negar Ahkami. This screening takes place in conjunction with LACMA’s installation: Yek, Do, Se: Three Contemporary Iranian Artists , which features Yassaman Ameri, Bahman Jalali and Samira Alikhanzadeh.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Robert Adanto; Pearls on the Ocean Floor; Free; http://www.lacma.org