Sam Ali Kashani is an Iranian-American

Iranian-American

Iranian-Americans are Americans of Iranian ancestry or people possessing Iranian and American dual citizenship.Iranian-Americans are amongst the most highly educated groups in the United States...

 filmmaker, documentarian, and producer. He is the director and producer of several documentary films primarily focused on contemporary Iranian society and culture, including Tehran: Another Side

Tehran: Another Side

Tehran: Another Side is a documentary film produced and directed by Sam Ali Kashani. The film is Kashani's directorial debut.- History :...

and BAHRAM An Iranian Rapper. He is one of the very first filmmakers to expose the emergence of underground hip-hop music in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

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Kashani's films have been screened at film festivals through out the world in countries such as the USA, The Netherlands, Iran, and Sweden; he has also personally lectured at many universities including California State University-Northridge, Allegheny University

Allegheny University

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 (Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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), and Erasmus University

Erasmus University

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 (Netherlands

Netherlands

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He is the great grandson of Ayatollah

Ayatollah

Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...

 Abol-Ghasem Kashani.

Filmography

• "Tehran: Another Side
  Tehran: Another Side
  Tehran: Another Side is a documentary film produced and directed by Sam Ali Kashani. The film is Kashani's directorial debut.- History :...
  
  " (2008)
• "The Current State of Persian Hip-Hop" (2009)
• "BAHRAM An Iranian Rapper" (2011)