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حاجی واشنگتن [Hajji Washington / Haji Washington] (Ali Hatami, 1983)
Apr
30
George Washington – 1789
The ambassador and guest in the embassy. The guest, a white cowboy peeling peanuts, leisurely rests on a Persian rug with a hookah by his side. The ambassador recites from a book, with his chaii within reach (via). DP: Mehrdad Fakhimi.
The White House, or set in Washington, DC, in commemoration of the first inauguration of George Washington in 1789.
Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori was Iran's first ambassador to the United States in 1889. Stuck in DC, homesick, and without any US-based Iranians to serve, he slowly unravels