THE GLASS HOUSE fundraising event for the Omid e Mehr center

Excuse to party + beautiful people + DVDs + doing good!

Come out and celebrate with us the inspiring work that Omid e Mehr does for young women in Iran. Most of you have seen THE GLASS HOUSE, now here’s your chance to make a difference.

Please join us for the NYC edition of Norouz-e-Omid, our Spring-long community screening initiative happening all over the world.

Address: 81 Pearl St., Loft 3A (DUMBO, Brooklyn)

We will have the brand new DVD on sale at the event, with 20% of the proceeds going to Omid-e-Mehr.

Suggested donation: $20.

THE GLASS HOUSE filmmakers, Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard will be in attendance.

Nazanin, Ali, Farhad, and Yasi of hellosmile are our gracious hosts for the evening!

Please bring a delicious drink to share and all the friends you can gather.

If you have questions or would like to host your own event/screening, please contact norouz@fictionvillestudio.com

ABOUT THE FILM:
The Glass House
The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. The Glass House follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you’ve seen before. With a virtually invisible camera, the girls of The Glass House take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran with their brave and defiant stories: Samira struggles to overcome forced drug addiction; Mitra harnesses abandonment into her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila burgeons out of her hatred with her blazing rap music. This groundbreaking documentary reflects a side of Iran few have access to or paid attention to: a society lost to its traditions with nothing meaningful to replace them and a group of courageous women working to instill a sense of empowerment and hope into the minds and lives of otherwise discarded teenage girls.

ABOUT THE CENTER: Omid-e-Mehr
Omid e Mehr was established in 2004 in Iran to strengthen the social, emotional, and economic competencies of disadvantaged young women (aged from 15 to 25), and provide them with a sense of self-worth and with the opportunities to experience a full range of life options through self-empowerment, education and training. Omid's clients have typically either been put into care from an early age, or run away from abusive homes, or live in extreme poverty. They often suffer from severe mental health and emotional difficulties, mostly stemming from their experiences of neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and exposure to drugs and violence. Despite their past difficulties, and the obstacles still facing them, Omid's young clients have dreams. They yearn to participate in life, and to make meaningful contributions to the world around them. Omid's holistic approach provides these young clients with the opportunities to realize such dreams. They are offered the tools, structure and support to help them succeed. And, above all, they are offered the chance to be heard. The cornerstones of this approach are self-empowerment, education and training, supplemented by effective work placement, counseling and assistance.

LINKS:
www.fictionvillestudio.com/norouz-e-omid/norouz.html
www.omid-e-mehr.org
www.fictionvillestudio.com