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When American basketball player Kevin Sheppard accepts a job to play in one of the world's most feared countries - Iran - he expects the worst. But what he finds is a country brimming with generosity, acceptance, and sensuality. With a charismatic personality that charms everyone he meets, Kevin forms an unlikely friendship with three outspoken Iranian women who share with him their strong opinions on everything from politics to religion to gender roles.
Kevin's season in Iran eventually culminates in something much bigger than basketball: the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement - a powerful prelude to the sweeping changes currently unfolding across the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Original Release
09/28/2012
US Release
09/28/2012
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kevin Sheppard | Self |
| Eunice Sheppard | Self - Kevin Sheppard's grandmother |
| Leah Sheppard | Self |
| Gholam Reza Khajeh | Self - owner of basketball team A. S. Shiraz |
| Asadollah Kabir | Self - A. S. Shiraz's coach |
| Zoran Majkic | Self - team member |
| Hilda | Self - physiotherapist |
| Elaheh | Self |
| Laleh | Self |
| Ali Doraghi | Self - team member |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kevin Sheppard | Self |
| Eunice Sheppard | Self - Kevin Sheppard's grandmother |
| Leah Sheppard | Self |
| Gholam Reza Khajeh | Self - owner of basketball team A. S. Shiraz |
| Asadollah Kabir | Self - A. S. Shiraz's coach |
| Zoran Majkic | Self - team member |
| Hilda | Self - physiotherapist |
| Elaheh | Self |
| Laleh | Self |
| Ali Doraghi | Self - team member |
| Kami Jamshidvand | Self - team member |
| Mehdi Shirjang | Self - team member |
| Ramin Ahmadi | Self - political scientist |
| Waitari Marsh | Self - team member |
| Hemzel Shimishi | Self - team member |
| Fereidoon Reisi | Self - team A. S. Shiraz's manager |
| Mohammad Ahmadi | Self - analysis coach |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dan Azzi | Executive Producer |
| Abigail Disney | Executive Producer |
| Till Schauder | Producer |
| Michael Abbott | Producer |
| Rochelle Arjmand | Producer |
| Omeed Azizirad | Producer |
| Eddie Bagayawa | Producer |
| Mina Bourque | Producer |
| JoséAntonio W. Danner | Producer |
| Barbara Dobkin | Producer |
| Rebekka Garrido | Producer |
| Kamile Greene | Producer |
| Iranian American Society | Producer |
| Mariam Korangy | Producer |
| Josh Levin | Producer |
| Philip Levy | Producer |
| Shahab Mahidashti | Producer |
| Marco Neeser | Producer |
| Sara Nodjoumi | Producer |
| Vahid Noshirvani | Producer |
| John O'Neil | Producer |
| Joan Platt | Producer |
| Michael Reuter | Producer |
| Minoo Saghri | Producer |
| Karen Santiago | Producer |
| Shiva Sarram | Producer |
| Silvia Schauder | Producer |
| Julien Segui | Producer |
| Rozita Shay | Producer |
| Francesca Torres | Producer |
| Christoph Valentien | Producer |
| Yves Willers | Producer |
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