Born in Evin martial art a family once bound by

a family once bound by tradition forges a new path forward

But a couple of circus workers recognize the horse as a trick circus animal and protect him from the angry ranchers

the small world that they live in will become even smaller though the freedom they experience has never been so dangerous

and James Balsamo's magic of creating cinematic chaos

Born in Evin martial art a family once bound byBorn in Evin follows filmmaker and actress, Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the violent circumstances surrounding her birth inside one of the most notorious political prisons in the world. Forty years have passed since the monarchy of the Shah of Iran was toppled and the Islamic Republic declared. In the 1980's Ayatollah Khomeini, the so called religious leader, had tens of thousands of political opponents arrested, persecuted and murdered.