Film Screening: Price For Freedom
Where: Queensborough Community College
222-05 56th Ave.
718-281-5044 Price: Free
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Film Screening: Price For Freedom
Based on the book and true story of Dr. Marc Benhuri, an Iranian Jew who, after serving as the dentist for the Shah of Iran, worked to counter oppression post-1979 Islamic Revolution. Benhuri—also known as Dr. Victor Daniels and who immigrated to the United States as an 18-year-old in 1964—launched the largest automotive factories in Iran in the late 1970s. Just a few years into his $350 million success story, he watched as the Ayatollah Khomeini personally ordered the destruction of his new business. Over 30 factory workers died and another 128 were injured. This was just one example of the murdering rampage initiated throughout Iran by Khomeini. With the Shah exiled, all this prosperity ended under Khomeini’s fanatical dictatorship. Determined to wage a private war against the radical Islamic leadership, Benhuri worked to save family and friends from the extremist regime and to hamper one of their greatest coups—the American Hostage Crisis. He provided President Reagan key advice in securing the release of the American hostages, while serving as the newly elected President’s interpreter in negotiations with an Iranian ambassador in Switzerland. This film tells the story of one ordinary man’s amazing true story of courage, justice and liberty.
Event held in the QCC Medical Arts Building, Room M136
This event is sponsored by the Claire Friedlander Family Foundation.
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