Our latest VIFF Live double-header combines music and photography, as two sons pay tribute to their photographer fathers. In the 2014 Oscar-nominated documentary The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado chronicle the life and work of the great Brazilian artist Sebastião Salgado. And The Voice of a Generation Lost is the latest work by Iranian-Canadian composer and setar player Ali Razmi, inspired by the iconic photography of his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Jahangir Razmi.
This project transforms decades of photographs documenting revolution, war, and resilience in Iran into an evocative live performance. Through a blend of Persian classical music, jazz, and experimental sounds, Razmi and his collaborators offer a deeply emotional reflection on memory, identity, and the power of art to bear witness.
Born in 1939 in Arak, Iran, Jahangir Razmi is an Iranian photojournalist and reporter who began his career with the Ettela’at newspaper. He is best known for capturing the iconic image of a firing squad execution, one of the most influential photographs of the 20th Century.
Please note the concert includes visuals containing sensitive images depicting war and its human impact.
7:00 pm: The Voice of a Generation Lost
Kenton Loewen – Drums
Tyson Naylor – Keyboard, Electronics
Hamin Honari – Percussion
Ali Razmi – Divan, Tar, Setar, Dotar, Setar, Vocal
Followed by an intermission and at 8:20 pm, The Salt of the Earth (114 min)
Co-Presented by
Ali Razmi & co
Mar 22
7:00 pm
VIFF Centre, VIFF Cinema
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Credits
Executive Producer
Wim Wenders
Producer
David Rosier
Screenwriter
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, David Rosier
Cinematography
Hugo Barbier, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Editor
Maxine Goedicke, Rob Myers
Original Music
Laurent Petitgand
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