Baluchi Garden
Hadi Afarideh
•
19m
باغ بلوچی
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2021 • Iran
Sistan and Baluchestan Province is located in the southeast of Iran in an arid desert climate.
Due to the drought, most of the villagers were forced to immigrate to other towns.
This documentary shows two lifestyles in the desert region. One group gives in to the conditions and emigrates, and on the other hand, someone who in the same conditions, builds a Baluchi Garden and an artificial lake with floodwater.
Up Next in Hadi Afarideh
-
Face Reading
صورت خوانی
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2012 • Iran
Curtain Reading (Pardeh khani) is a type of Iranian traditional religious stage play rooted in Iranian story-teller culture & painting. Its history goes back to Iran's pre-Islam era. This art form is now dying with very few Curtain Readers around... -
The Story of Gordafarid
نقل گردآفرید
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2008 • Iran
Naqali (Musical Narration) is an Iranian traditional solo theatre in which only men are allowed to perform. As a matter of fact, it's been forbidden for women to appear in a Naqali performance. The place for this theatre has usually been teahou... -
Plane Grove
چنارستان
Directed by Hadi Afarideh • 2014 • Iran
The 17km Vali Asr street with 60,000 plane trees connects the south of Tehran to the North. Afarideh's film portrays past hundred years of modern Tehran by looking at the longest street in the Middle East as a manifestation and remembrance of socia...
