Art and Politics, From Graphic to Cinema: A Conversation With Marjane Satrapi

Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre
3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

This location is ADA accessible

Artist, author, and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi is the creator of the graphic novel Persepolis, which tells the story of her youth in Iran in the 1970s and ‘80s. Internationally acclaimed, Persepolis has been translated into over 40 languages and was named one of the 100 Best Books of the Decade by The Times of London. Satrapi co-directed the animated film based on the book, which received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and more than 15 other major international awards.

 

Satrapi’s books for adults and children include Chicken With Plums, for which she also co-directed the film adaptation. Her other movies include The Voices and the forthcoming Radioactive, based on a graphic novel about Marie and Pierre Curie and starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. Her illustrations appear regularly in newspapers and magazines around the world.

 

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