Rosewater    
Sunday, March 22, 2:45 PM -- Chilmark Community Center    
Discussion (via Skype) with Maziar Bahari, whose story inspired the film    

This gripping true story marks the screenwriting and directorial debut of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. In June 2009, Stewart interviewed BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-born Canadian citizen. A few days later, when Bahari returned to his native country to interview the prime challenger to incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, protests erupted after Ahmadinejad’s declaration of victory. Bahari smuggled protest footage to the BBC and was soon arrested, interrogated, and tortured for 118 days. The Daily Show interview was used as evidence against him. Bahari’s courage is transcendent, Stewart’s filmmaking riveting.