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...Calif., Rossoukh’s early role model was Indiana Jones; that his hero was a cinematic archaeologist perhaps affected his choice to study anthropology here at Harvard. A more immediate influence, however, was the two-and-a-half-year period after his graduation from Dartmouth in 1996 that Rossoukh spent observing the Bakhtiyari, a pastoral nomadic tribe in southern Iran...
...research with the Bakhtiyari that led, however circuitously, to his role in Massoud Jaffari-Jozani’s feature film. While studying monuments in rural tribal cemeteries, Rossoukh and his assistant were arrested because villagers found them suspicious. A police officer, while driving the two men back to the station for interrogation, related the folkloric tale of ‘Abde Mamad Lalari, a famous sheep thief and infamous Iranian Don Juan. Rossoukh had thought Lalari to be an entirely fictional character, like Robin Hood. This police officer said differently. “He told...
This possibility that Lalari might not only be real, but also still kicking, set Rossoukh off on an epic journey of his own—one that culminated in a meeting with the Persian player himself. Back in Tehran, he relayed these adventures to Jaffari-Jozani, a friend of his and a renowned director. Jaffari-Jozani thought the tale would make an excellent film and wanted Rossoukh to star as himself. While that never quite panned out, he did offer Rossoukh a role in Coming of Age (which, coincidentally, the Museum of Fine Arts will be screening...
...really broke at the time, so it was either this or teaching English,” Rossoukh said...
...though, Rossoukh can teach from his own experience. “We’re very fortunate to have our sections run by someone with such an insider’s knowledge of the Iranian film industry,” says Tara A. Kamangar ’04, a student in Anthro 120 this semester. He may only be a TF on campus, but elsewhere he’s a certified somebody. “I will have to tell my cousins in Iran who my section leader is,” Kamangar says...