A new documentary will feature Nejad and Haideh Ahmadzadeh

Back in January 2018, film maker Sarvnaz Alambeigi spent a week interviewing and filming Haideh and Nejad Ahmadzadeh for her latest documentary, '1001 Nights Apart.'

She describes the film as follows: 

​'After the revolution of 1979, the gap widened between Iranians in Iran and Iranians abroad.
Many people left the country. The next generations born after the revolution in Iran knew
nothing about their past or they were completely apathetic about it. A large part of Iranian history
was destroyed or burnt in the revolution and what was left for the new generations was an
invented history. It is still difficult to discern the lies from the truth. Many Iranians hid their true
identities out of fear. Ballet dancers were among these. Stories and histories were left untold, and
the old and new generations remained total strangers. This gap grew over the past 40 years.

The Tale of Scheherazade is a ballet, portraying a nation and performed and choreographed in
two different eras by two completely separate generations of Iranian dancers and inspired by the
famous story of Scheherazade in the 1001 Nights. As the film progresses, both groups become
Scheherazade the story-teller and tell their own stories for the first time.'

'1001 Nights Apart' will be released soon. 

Visit Sarvnaz Alambeigi's website here.