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Black Tie
International:
The Black Tulip
Photos by:
Joyce Brooks/ Blacktiemagazine.com
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Sonia Nassery Cole
Winner of The Pen Center USA Freedom to Write Award |
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The Women's National Republican Club
Speakers Series
Exclusive Screening Followed by Q & A
The Black Tulip
A Film Written, Directed and Produced by
Sonia Nassery Cole
Presented by Tony Lo Bianco
March 24, 2014 |
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The Black Tulip - Official HD Trailer
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A Film About a
Place of Hope in the Taliban's Afghanistan |
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www.breadwinnerfilms.com |
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Tony Lo Bianco |
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Sonia Nassery Cole,
Tony Lo Bianco and Erica Stein |
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President WNRC, Catherine Lenihan and
President Emeritus Lila Prounis |
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Sonia Nassery Cole and Barbara Winston |
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Erica Stein and Jeanne H. Braun |
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Tony Lo Bianco and Donna Soloway |
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Victoria Herbert |
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Cornelia Levy -
Bencheton |
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Erica Stein and
Ourania Soumas |
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Bruce and Barbara
Winston |
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Donna and Richard
Soloway |
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Sonia Nassery
Cole, Tony Lo Bianco and Joyce Brooks |
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Ourania Soumas,
Donna Soloway, Sonia Nassery Cole, Lila Prounis
and Barbara Winston |
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When Sonia Nassery Cole set out to film The
Black Tulip in
her homeland of Afghanistan, she knew the odds were against
her; she was told time and time again that filming inside a
war zone would be impossible. What she didn’t anticipate was
how intent the Taliban and its sympathizers were on halting
the film’s production—the crew encountered extortion,
government corruption, kidnapping attempts, and death
threats, even with around-the-clock security. Her
cinematographer fled after two days, and many others
followed.
After 9/11, Cole wrote The
Black Tulip,
based on a true story of a real Afghan family. The plot was
simple: After 2001, when the Taliban was routed, an Afghan
family opened The Poet’s Corner—a restaurant with an open
microphone for all to read poetry, perform music, and tell
their stories. But the Taliban didn’t approve, and the
family’s new-found hope proved fleeting as it struggled to
maintain the restaurant and vibrant way of life. Selected as
Afghanistan's official submission for the Best Foreign
Language Film at the 2010 Academy Awards, The
Black Tulip is
a modern portrait of Afghanistan that captures the plight
and resilience of its people. |
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Will I Live
Tomorrow?:
The Making of The Black Tulip
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