Googoosh Instagram – @googoosh
in conversation with @nazaninboniadi
Dec 4 at @Livetalksla
discussing her memoir,
“Googoosh: A Sinful Voice.”
also airs as a virtual event on Dec 11
#signedbooks tix: livetalksla.org
Before there was Madonna or Beyoncé, there was Googoosh. For the first time, one of the world’s biggest pop stars of the 20th century tells her remarkable story in her new memoir, “Googoosh: A Sinful Voice”—her rise to fame in pre-revolution Iran, her arrest and imprisonment, her twenty-year exile, and finally, her triumphant return to the global stage..
In this lyrical and moving memoir, she takes us through her difficult upbringing in Iran’s tumultuous 1950s and ’60s to her stardom in the ’70s—and what it was like to reach the peak of her career during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Seemingly overnight, she went from being on magazine covers, at film premieres and fashion shows, and constantly on the radio, to targeted by religious clerics. What followed is a harrowing tale of oppression, intimidation, and exile.
Now, inspired by the brave women of Iran on the front lines fighting for their freedoms, Googoosh finally tells her full story, and with it, the story of a country once again on the brink.
Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born actress and renowned human rights advocate. Her television credits include Homeland, How I Met Your Mother, and Counterpart.’On the big screen, she won acclaim for her memorable role in Bombshell and her leading role in Hotel Mumbai. As an activist, she has partnered with various charitable organizations to campaign for the rights of disenfranchised populations across the world, with a focus on the unjust conviction and treatment of Iranian youth, women and prisoners of conscience. Her thought leadership has been featured in major global media outlets, and her advocacy work has taken her to the halls of power around the world.
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