Walls of Sand
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Shirin Etessam
Shirin Etessam
Jan Carty Marsh
| Walls of Sand | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Erica Jordan |
| Written by | Erica Jordan Shirin Etessam |
| Produced by | Erica Jordan Shirin Etessam |
| Starring | Shirin Etessam Jan Carty Marsh |
| Cinematography | Tracy Hodson Erica Jordan |
| Edited by | Erica Jordan Shirin Etessam |
| Music by | Cristopher Kazor |
| Distributed by | Ginger Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Walls of Sand is a 1994 American independent film directed and produced by Erica Jordan and co-produced by Shirin Etessam. It is notable for being the first contemporary feature film to be webcast on the Internet.[1]
Soraya (Shirin Etessam) is a young Iranian woman living in San Francisco, California. She has no contact with her fellow Iranian emigrants, who disapprove of her living in an unmarried state with an American boyfriend. After two years, their relationship ends due to his refusal to commit to marriage. Soroya, who lacks a green card to enable her continued residency in the U.S., takes a job as the au pair for a young boy living with his divorced, agoraphobic mother (Jan Carty Marsh). The woman's ex-husband, using the promise of securing a green card for Soroya, coerces her to provide information on the household, which would then be used in an upcoming custody battle over parental rights to the child.[2]
Production history
Shirin Etessam and Erica Jordan first met while they were students at San Francisco State University. They collaborated on the screenplay for Walls of Sand and raised the funds for their $80,000 budget through a sponsorship from the nonprofit organization Women Make Movies and the maxing out of 12 credit cards.[3]