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BRIEF: Film examines Baha’i in Iran

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May 21, 2012

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On Thursday the Compassionate Interfaith Society at Eastern Washington University and the Baha'i Community of Spokane will sponsor a free film screening of “Education Under Fire.”

The 30-minute documentary profiles the growth, struggle, and spirit of the Baha´i Institute for Higher Education. According to the film, Baha´is in Iran have been subjected to systematic persecution, including arrests, torture, and execution simply for refusing to recant their beliefs. They are also prohibited from going to college (and blocked from many professions). The film connects a diverse audience to a grave human rights issue, a powerful story of resilience against oppression, and the need to respect human rights everywhere.

A discussion will follow the screening, which will be at JFK Auditorium at EWU in Cheney at 3 p.m.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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