Actor Arian Moayed Signs On To EP Oscar-Contender ‘Joonam,’ Award-Winning Documentary On Iranian-American Experience
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Succession star Arian Moayed is getting behind the award-winning documentary Joonam as it makes a push for Oscar consideration.
The Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor-writer-director, who was born in Iran and grew up in the U.S., has signed on to executive produce Joonam, a story of three generations of women who form part of the Iranian diaspora.
The film opens theatrically on December 1 at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film in New York, expanding to other cities throughout December and January.
We have your first look at the documentary in the trailer below. In the deeply personal film, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Persian-American director Sierra Urich feels a growing sense of urgency to come to terms with her roots in Iran, the country her mother, Mitra, and her grandmother, Behjat, left behind.
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