Program 9: 'Ultimate Citizens' and 'Paris Olympics By the Chinese'

Meet the ultimate citizen whose superpower is empathy.

ULTIMATE CITIZENS - Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970’s America and, due to the Revolution, never went “home". As a guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools, Jamshid’s best work takes place out of the building and on a playing field with “his kids", the children of refugees and immigrants. Their parents are in the grips of their own struggles to make a living and a home in a strange land. Mr. Jamshid is the charismatic, fiery, funny human with a Frisbee in hand, who is the first to show that "love wins" on the field, off the field, at home with family, or boldly forging a new community, in a new country - one kid, chicken, extreme mile and friend at a time. (52m, 2024, Director: Francine Strickwerda)

Short to precede:

PARIS OLYMPICS (BY THE CHINESE) - A documentary investigation into the Chinese people and technology underpinning the Paris Olympics. (30m, 2024, France, China, Director: DJ Clark and Mingjie Wang)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St, New York, United States