TORA BORA PICTURES and International Orphan Care team up for a benefit dinner and documentary screening of the acclaimed documentary on Afghanistan, POSTCARDS FROM TORA BORA, with filmmaker Q&A to follow. The festivities begin with dinner at Caspian Restaurant in Irvine, CA at 6:30pm May 16th, 2008. This will be followed by the screening of Postcards from Tora Bora at the nearby Four Seasons Restaurant Banquet Hall (see below for map). The tickets are $50 per person which includes dinner (please see menu below) and film screening. All proceeds go directly to vocational schools and health clinics all in support of the International Orphan Care mission. "Afghan documentarian, Wazhmah Osman fled her native country in 1979, with the nation buckling beneath the weight of the ongoing Soviet invasion. In the process, the filmmaker left behind her father, and took to America only a scant few still photographs as lingering reminders of her homeland..." full New York Times synopsis Join us for authentic Persian cuisine and a documentary Variety deems "a refreshingly wry addition to films on the war-ravaged nation" of Afghanistan. Main buffet will include: Koobideh Kabob Boneless Chicken Kabob Ghormeh Sabzi Fesenjan Baghalapolo w/ Lanb Shank Salad Shirazi Must O Khyar Appetizers will be served by platter: Dolmeh Kashk Bademjan Salad Olivieh Must O Mousir Hummus Soft drink, tea, coffee at table. The Four Seasons Restaurant Banquet Hall which is operated by the Caspian Restaurant is located in the same area but in a separate building south of the Caspian.
Admission Fee
$50.00
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