Caveh Zahedi Movies

  • 1984
    Pull Up the Roots

    Pull Up the Roots

    Pull Up the Roots

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    Experimental short edit of Talking Heads' "Pull Up the Roots" set to looping footage from Charlie Chaplin's The Adventurer (1917).

    Pull Up the Roots
  • 2024
    Packers Confidential: Bird of Paradise

    Packers Confidential: Bird of Paradise

    Packers Confidential: Bird of Paradise

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    The Ion Pack, New York City’s once-anonymous Instagram trolls of the downtown film world, talk with filmmakers as they contemplate...

    Packers Confidential: Bird of Paradise
  • 1986
    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

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    Experimental short film by Caveh Zahedi featuring the music of Satie.

    When It Rains, It Pours
  • 2001
    The World Is a Classroom

    The World Is a Classroom

    The World Is a Classroom

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    Caveh Zahedi's allegory about 9/11.

    The World Is a Classroom
  • 2012
    I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers

    I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers

    I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers

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    The story of how and why an American programmer tried to censor an Iranian-American filmmaker for making a film about censorship in the Middle East.

    I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers
  • 2001
    Worm

    Worm

    Worm

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    An off-screen narrator remembers a time he was five years old, walking to school in a heavy rain, wearing a yellow slicker and cap. He relates to us...

    Worm
  • 2024
    Higher Education 2

    Higher Education 2

    Higher Education 2

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    The continuing saga of Caveh Zahedi's collaboration with students at The New School.

    Higher Education 2
  • 1970
    A Pregnant Moment

    A Pregnant Moment

    A Pregnant Moment

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    A 'dog-u-mentary' about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola's pregnancy, the birth of her...

    A Pregnant Moment
  • 2024
    Higher Education 3

    Higher Education 3

    Higher Education 3

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    The conclusion of Caveh Zahedi's group project with his students at The New School.

    Higher Education 3
  • 1985
    Igitur

    Igitur

    Igitur

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    Experimental short edit of a sped up version of T. Rex's "Cosmic Dancer" set to looping footage from Charlie Chaplin's One A.M. (1916).

    Igitur
  • 2017
    Awkward Sundance Encounters

    Awkward Sundance Encounters

    Awkward Sundance Encounters

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    A Fandor commissioned documentary of Caveh's awkward encounters with celebrities at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

    Awkward Sundance Encounters
  • 2004
    Tripping With Caveh

    Tripping With Caveh

    Tripping With Caveh

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    With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches...

    Tripping With Caveh
  • 1997
    D's Address

    D's Address

    D's Address

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    Another meditation on loss.

    D's Address
  • 2006
    Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise

    Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise

    Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise

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    Caveh Zahedi takes DMT.

    Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise
  • 2025
    Wiretap for Oral

    Wiretap for Oral

    Wiretap for Oral

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    Saint Abdullah commission Caveh Zahedi to make a music video for their song "Wiretap for Oral".

    Wiretap for Oral
  • 1999
    Letters to Jay

    Letters to Jay

    Letters to Jay

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    From 1996 to 1999, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Jay Rosenblatt.

    Letters to Jay
  • 2005
    Letters to Matthew

    Letters to Matthew

    Letters to Matthew

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    From 2001 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Matthew Weiss.

    Letters to Matthew
  • 2014
    Odd Shirttails of Cornell’s Life

    Odd Shirttails of Cornell’s Life

    Odd Shirttails of Cornell’s Life

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    Found footage film based on a real phone conversation.

    Odd Shirttails of Cornell’s Life
  • 1990
    Trip to Vegas

    Trip to Vegas

    Trip to Vegas

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    Prelude to I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore, shot two years prior.

    Trip to Vegas
  • 1990
    Letters to Gary

    Letters to Gary

    Letters to Gary

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    From 1987 to 1990, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Gary Green.

    Letters to Gary