It Was Just an Accident
- Thu, Feb 5
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Post-screening discussion with A.S. Hamrah, film critic & Josh Sperling, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media and Creative Media Director for Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College
Director: Jafar Panahi Run Time: 104 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Persian (Farsi)
Starring: Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mariam Afshari, Vahid Mobasseri
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.
We’re excited to hos film critic A.S. Hamrah for a discussion of his two new books – Last Week in End Times Cinema (Semiotexte), the collection of his newsletter, and Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019-2025 (n + 1). The conversation will also include Josh Sperling, Oberlin College Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media and Creative Media Director for Arts and Sciences, whose review of Hamrah’s books will be published in the Cleveland Review of Books, our partner for the event.
Get your books at Mac’s Backs before the event if you’d like to read ahead, or you can get them at our lobby before/after the screening. We will also screen Panahi’s The Circle as Hamrah’s pick for the night.