Presentation of the film "The Birthday" (2006, 63 min., Iran/The Netherlands), directed by Negin Kianfar and Daisy Mohr.

In the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology Auditorium, adjoining the Mathers Museum of World Culture, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington.

Free and open to the public.

"Sexuality remains bound to tradition in modern Iran, and yet within this rigid structure, transsexuals find a government supportive of their desire to be reborn through surgery. This sensitive portrait offers a window into the complex issues of gender and sexuality in an Islamic society."

For more information, e-mail mathers@indiana.edu, call (812) 855-6873 or visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu/programs/index.html

This presentation is part of the annual Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival. The festival is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international non-fiction media in the United States. The Festival features a broad spectrum of cultural documentaries, both in form and subject matter. Each year the Mead Traveling Festival brings highlights from the Mead Festival to sites throughout the United States, with films organized around six thematic presentations. Sponsoring organizations include the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Communication and Culture, the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, the La Casa Cultural Center, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.