(Amin)

Content: AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles are dedicated to their art and culture. Amin travels to remote towns and villages to record the music of the surviving masters whose numbers decline each year. His nomadic family are selling their meager belongings to help support their son's education in performance and ethnomusicology at Tchaikovsky's Conservatory in Kyiv, Ukraine, but it is not enough. Amin, desperate to finish his academic education, sells his violins one at a time just to pay for his tuition.

Countries:

Canada,

Iran,

South Korea,

Ukraine

Genres:

Documentary,

Drama,

Music

Runtime:

80 minutes

Year:

2010

Directors:

Shahin Parhami

Production companies:

Cinemashena

Actors:

himself

Crews:

Director

Producer

Cinematography

Co-Producer

Editor