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SUMMARY:'Ameneh's Golden Blood': The Political through the Personal, and the Human Consequences of Sanctions
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nFriday, 23 October 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University\n\n\n\nThe West Asia Research Cluster invites you to a screening and discussion of 'Ameneh's Golden Blood', a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Dr. Habib Ahmadzadeh.\n\n\n\nFeatured prominently at international film events, this film follows Ameneh, a young girl from the coastal city of Bushehr, Iran, whose urgent need for an incredibly rare blood type sets off an international search coordinated by the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, the Red Crescent, and various global relief agencies to save her life. \n\n\n\nA discussion between Dr. Chaufan and Dr. Ahmadzadeh follows the screening, tracing the impacts of sanctions as they reach into hospitals, financial transactions and clinical decisions.\n\n\n\nView a trailer at this link. ( https://amenehs-golden-blood.com/en )\n\n\n\nDr. Habib Ahmadzadeh is an author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker and professor of cinema at the University of Art. Knownextensively for his work in Iran-Iraq War literature and cinema, his films and screenplays heavily reflect his firsthand experiences as a veteran and a peace activist.\n\n\n\nDr. Claudia Chaufan is a Full Professor at York University's School of Health Policy and Management and a member of the West Asia Research Cluster. Her research focuses on the geopolitics of global health, medicalization and social control, the politics of sanctions, and COVID-19 governance.\n\n\n\nPresented by the West Asia Research Cluster.\n\n\n\nPlease register using this link ( https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/KfWRx3NpB6 ).\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/political-through-the-personal-screening-warc-23102026/
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