Rayka Zehtabchi & Sam A. Davis Intro for New Voices Program | IU Cinema | Aug. 30, 2022

On Aug. 30, 2022, IU Cinema screened a program entitled New Voices: The Films of Shaandiin Tome and Rayka Zehtabchi, a collection of films from two standout new talents. Preceding this screening was a recorded introduction by Zehtabchi herself and her frequent collaborator, filmmaker Sam A. Davis.
Shaandiin Tome (Diné) is an Indigenous writer, director, and cinematographer whose work spans documentary and narrative forms. Her narrative projects have been selected for the Sundance Creative Producer’s Fellowship 2019, Sundance Talent Forum 2020, and Sundance/OneFifty/WarnerMedia’s Indigenous Intensive Fellowship 2020.
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian American filmmaker whose documentary short Period. End of Sentence. won an Academy Award in 2018, making her the first Iranian American woman to win an Academy Award.