The Project
I’ve written, produced and narrated a television length documentary about the experience of returning to Iran as an Iranian American. We have never seen a film, such as this one, where the narrator is so intimately involved and understands the two contrasting cultures at hand to such a degree that he is able to form a clear bridge between the two.

Film Synopsis
"A World Between" is the story of a young Iranian American raised in the United States, who travels to Iran to discover his father's homeland, where he discovers a land in many ways different than expected, but one that has much more in common with us than one would think.

His encounters take him across the country, from the teeming capital of Tehran, to the center of Ancient Persia in Esfahan, and finally to the home of his ancestors Iran's holiest city, Mashhad. In each place we meet his friends and relatives who help form a more representative view of Iranians than often seen in the West.

As the film progresses our narrator becomes more Iranian, both personally and practically, as he is forced to buy an exemption from the Iranian military to prolong his stay.

In Tehran he plays on the city's only baseball diamond with their team, befriending the head of the Iranian umpire's union, visits conspicuously Westernized shopping areas where fashionable young women spend their days and the coffee shops where they spend their nights.

In Esfahan, Ali, a teahouse waiter takes him on a cultural and historical tour of the stunning monuments of the Persian capital in what is truly a living museum.

In Mashhad he connects with his relatives, enjoying large family gatherings that span five generations and visiting the Shrine of Imam Reza, the burial place of his grandparents, a site where filming is usually prohibited. And finally, his father takes him to the now dilapidated house where the family flourished.

It is the story of one young man's experience, but it speaks volumes to all Iranians living abroad and anyone who desires to know the place that his forefathers called home.

We see Iran through his eyes, eyes that understand both Iranian and American sensibilities.