Mouth Harp in Minor Key Hamid Naficy inon Exile

At the center of this documentary are Hamid Naficy a historian of Middle Eastern and Iranian cinema and his family who remained in Iran Behind them however we see the shadows of thousands of other families whose offspring artists researchers scientists live far away from their homeland In following Naficys personal and professional life this documentary reels in his generation as well to explore identity immigration exile and the cultural purgatory that is created as immigrants try to preserve their ancestral sense of belonging while seeking to establish a new home