''The Iran Job'' is a documentary directed by

Till Schauder Till Schauder (born 1971), is a German-born American filmmaker, film director, screenplay writer, film producer, actor and film instructor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and co-producer, Sara Nodjoumi. Early life Schauder was bor ...

and produced by Sara Nodjoumi about

Kevin Sheppard Kevin Sheppard (born 17 September 1979 in St Croix) is a United States Virgin Islands basketball player and former football striker. He became the subject of the documentary '' The Iran Job'' which covers his 2008-2009 season with the A.S. Shir ...

, a professional American basketball player, as he plays in

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

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for the A.S. Shiraz team (since renamed B.A Shiraz BC) in the Iranian Super League. The documentary was filmed in Iran in the winter of 2008–2009, a few months before the uprising of Iran's Green Movement.

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Karim Sadjadpour Karim Sadjadpour is an Iranian-American policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment. Prior to that he was "chief Iran analyst" at the International Crisis Group. He is a contributor to BBC TV and radio, CNN, National Public Radio, PBS NewsHour and ...

, and executive producer

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have expressed support for ''The Iran Job''. In December 2011 the film was invited to a private, work-in-progress screening at the

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in Washington, D.C. moderated by

. On January 9, 2012 ''The Iran Job'' completed a 50-day

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campaign on

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that raised over $100,000. During its Kickstarter campaign, the film received press coverage from

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(on two occasions: a print article on December 23, 2011 and a TV interview that broadcast on January 5, 2012), ''

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'', ''

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'', PBS FRONTLINE's

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, and IFP's ''

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'' magazine. Since the completion of its Kickstarter campaign, the film has received press from PBS'

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blog. ''The Iran Job'' had its world premiere in the Documentary Competition of the

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in June 2012 and it won the award for best documentary entry at the

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, Arlington, Massachusetts, in 2013. It has received positive reviews for its humanity and for successfully mixing genres from sports documentary to commentary about social and political climate in Iran, using Kevin's and his friends point of view. After the world premiere, the filmmakers launched a 2nd Kickstarter campaign raising $66,105 for the subsequent self-release of the film. In late 2012,

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acquired the film for North American distribution and as of March, 2014, was available on all digital platforms, including

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. In 2013, ''The Iran Job'' was short-listed for the Germany Academy Award.

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