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Director Cyrus Nowrasteh talks with Deborah about his groundbreaking movie.

July 26, 2010 5:30pm cst

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THE STONING OF SORAYA M.

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Cyrus Nowrasteh  (Persian: سیروس نورسته), born September 19, 1956, is an American screenwriter and director of theatrical films, television shows, and made-for-TV movies. He is best known for his involvement in the controversial docudrama The Path to 9/11. Of Iranian descent, he was born in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from Madison West High School in 1974and was a city boys high school tennis champion. Nowrasteh attended New Mexico State University and later transferred to the University of Southern California to attend the School of Cinema, graduating in 1977. Currently, he is married to wife Elizabeth G. Nowrasteh (born March 9, 1953) commonly referred to as "Betsy".

The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار ثريا م) is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 book of the same name based on the true story of a woman falsely convicted of adultery in Iran and subsequently stoned to death. The film version was directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written by Nowrasteh and his wife, screenwriter Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh. It stars Academy
Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo, as well as James Caviezel and Mozhan Marnò.

Because of its highly critical attitude toward the Iranian legal system, the controversial book, an international bestseller, was banned in Iran. Likewise, the film version of The Stoning of Soraya M., even before its release, made its way onto a list of American films that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad deemed offensive and for which he demanded an apology. But the film's release also drew enough attention to the issue of stoning in Iran that it sufficiently embarrassed the Iranian authorities into announcing consideration of a ban on stoning and other harsh legal punishments.

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