The prospect of spending some time in a land that has been at odds with her country, Justine Shapiro, who has been connected with "Globetrotters", a television travelogue, where young people roamed the world looking at different cultures, decided to go to Iran with her young son one summer. The result of that trip was made into an interesting documentary that takes the viewer to meet people in places not well known within a culture dominated by a totalitarian religious government.
The purpose of the trip was to discover how people lived in a country that has been at odds with the West, specially the United States. Ms. Shapiro set out to meet with three different families from different walks of life. The result surprises in that the American visitors were able to witness, first hand, how the people that allowed them into their homes, really live. The young boy, Mateo, made friends easily with his peers.
The point of the documentary is that basically, when it all is said, and done, all cultures are the same, no matter where we look to. This was a delightful look at a country we have been told is an enemy of our way of thinking, and looking closely at the different encounters of the visitors with the people they met, show us how much we are the same.
The purpose of the trip was to discover how people lived in a country that has been at odds with the West, specially the United States. Ms. Shapiro set out to meet with three different families from different walks of life. The result surprises in that the American visitors were able to witness, first hand, how the people that allowed them into their homes, really live. The young boy, Mateo, made friends easily with his peers.
The point of the documentary is that basically, when it all is said, and done, all cultures are the same, no matter where we look to. This was a delightful look at a country we have been told is an enemy of our way of thinking, and looking closely at the different encounters of the visitors with the people they met, show us how much we are the same.