#‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity
‘Joonam’ Review: A Scattershot Documentary Inquiry Into Iranian Identity Sierra Urich has a documentary-ready family history, with changes rippling through the generations. Her mother, Mitra, left Iran for college in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1979, just months before the Islamic revolution deposed the Shah and put the Ayatollah Khomeini in power. Mitra’s mother, Behjat, had to…