Norouz-e-Omid – The New Day of Hope
Become part of THE GLASS HOUSE community by hosting a fundraising screening to support Omid e Mehr, the charity featured in THE GLASS HOUSE.
In celebration of the Persian New Year (March 21st) we are organizing community screenings across the US and abroad throughout the month of March with the aim of highlighting the tremendous work of Omid e Mehr and raising funds to support their continued efforts in empowering disadvantaged young women in Iran.
In October 2009, we raised over $60,000 across an 11‐city screening tour. With your active participation, we are confident that we will raise even more in March 2010.
Our goal is to raise $100,000.00 for Omid e Mehr during the month of March through 100 community screenings.
Community screenings are a simple way to make a huge impact.
- Purchase the Community Screening Kit
- Invite your friends and family to watch the film at your home, house of worship, yoga center, or public library, or other venue
- Facilitate a discussion after the screening
- Encourage your guests to make a tax deductable donation* in the form of a check or online credit card payment
If you are interested in hosting a screening of the film:
We are here to make this fun, engaging, and smooth. Please feel free to ask questions or seek advice on how to make your screening the best it can be.
For all inquiries, contact Negin Salmasi at norouz@fictionvillestudio.com.
THE GLASS HOUSE:
Directed by Hamid Rahmanian, Produced by Melissa Hibbard
The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. The Glass House follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you’ve seen before. With a virtually invisible camera, the girls of The Glass House take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran with their brave and defiant stories: Samira struggles to overcome forced drug addiction; Mitra harnesses abandonment into her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila burgeons out of her hatred with her blazing rap music. This groundbreaking documentary reflects a side of Iran few have access to or paid attention to: a society lost to its traditions with nothing meaningful to replace them and a group of courageous women working to instill a sense of empowerment and hope into the minds and lives of otherwise discarded teenage girls.
About the Omid-e-Mehr Center
Omid e Mehr was established in 2004 in Iran to strengthen the social, emotional, and economic competencies of disadvantaged young women (aged from 15 to 25), and provide them with a sense of self-worth and with the opportunities to experience a full range of life options through self-empowerment, education and training. Omid's clients have typically either been put into care from an early age, or run away from abusive homes, or live in extreme poverty. They often suffer from severe mental health and emotional difficulties, mostly stemming from their experiences of neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and exposure to drugs and violence. Despite their past difficulties, and the obstacles still facing them, Omid's young clients have dreams. They yearn to participate in life, and to make meaningful contributions to the world around them. Omid's holistic approach provides these young clients with the opportunities to realize such dreams. They are offered the tools, structure and support to help them succeed. And, above all, they are offered the chance to be heard. The cornerstones of this approach are self-empowerment, education and training, supplemented by effective work placement, counseling and assistance. To learn more about Omid e Mehr click, visit omid-e-mehr.org
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Make a difference in the lives of the girls of Omid
Downloads:
• Community Screening Guide
• How to Host a Screening: A Rough Guide
• FAQ
• Tax Deduction Information
Purchase:
Community Screening Kit
via Paypal
Package includes:
• DVD of THE GLASS HOUSE
• Iranian Chronicles CD
• The Glass House postcards
• Omid literature
• 1 set of cards designed by Omid girls
• Gourmet Popcorn
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Sponsors:
Razi Foundation
View The Glass House trailer and clips
Awards:
OSCE Human Rights Award
Best Feature Documentary -
Dallas Video Fest
DVD Details:
Documentary
92 minutes
In Persian w/ English, French, Arabic, Spanish, and German subtitles
40 min. of additional scenes
20 min. interview with Marjaneh Halati, founder of Omid e Mehr
THE GLASS HOUSE is a Sundance Channel Original Documentary
In association with Impact Partners
For more information contact:
norouz@fictionvillestudio.com
Fictionville Studio, LLC
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