Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute is pleased to sponsor the performance of avant-garde Iranian composer and vocalist Sussan Deyhim’s acclaimed production The House is Black, on October 28, 2016, at Memorial Hall, Carolina Performing Arts’ main venue located in the center of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus.
Inspired by the works of Forough Farrokhzad, one of Iran’s most influential feminist poets and filmmakers, this stirring multimedia piece sheds light on the importance of Iranian contemporary arts. Co-directed by award-winning director Robert Egan, The House is Black features Sussan Deyhim’s striking visual projections along with archival footage including Farrokhzad’s 1965 interview with Bernardo Bertolucci. The original score by Sussan Deyhim and Golden Globe-winning composer Richard Horowitz is rooted in Persian and Western contemporary classical music, jazz and electronic music.
