Producer’s description: A documentary about Kristina Paltén, a lone Swedish woman, who wanted to challange her own and other’s prejudices against islam by running across Iran.
When I visited Iran in 2006, I was more nervous about what craziness our former President Bush might get up to than I was by the unstintingly genial Iranians I met. Outside of America, citizens tend to be savvier than we are about separating people from their governments.
As you view this, note that in Iran, Ms. Paltén’s ‘thumbs up’ is equivalent to our ‘middle finger,’ yet everyone she met appreciated that she meant no offense. Iran gets few tourists yet Iranians love guests, which I’m sure made passersby all the happier to receive her.
In addition, its interesting how people in the smallest of Iranian towns, have taken the effort to learn English, American at that.
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Wow that was a great clip. It was wonderful to see the change in her and how she’s brimming with self confidence by the end.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It affected me that way too.
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That’s great. Everyone should get a lot of positivity from this.
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That was a very good clip. I hope more tourists visit Iran in near future.
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That would be so nice! Glad you enjoyed it, Mr. Parsi!
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It was great to see how she went from crying at the beginning to jumping about full of confidence at the end. I’m sure she became a more understanding and thoughtful person after all her travels too (just as she’d hoped). 🙂
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I agree!
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