Is this filme irani or an American production?

It is a joint Iranian-American production directed by Babak Shokrian and Lisa Raymond, featuring a cast drawn largely from the Iranian diaspora community in the United States.

Koja bebinam in irani film ro online?

You can watch Amrikaye Ziba on K-Time online — no extra download, no VPN required. It streams on web, TV, and phone with a K-Time subscription.

Does it have Persian subtitles or Persian dub?

The film plays in its original audio without Persian dubbing or subtitles on K-Time. The dialogue includes Persian and English, reflecting the bilingual reality of the diaspora community it portrays.

Amrikaye Ziba

Name: Amrikaye Ziba
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Ally Porabas, Atossa Leoni, David Diaan, Diane Gaidry, Hallie Bird

Director: Babak Shokrian, Lisa Raymond

Cast: Ally Porabas, Atossa Leoni, David Diaan, Diane Gaidry, Hallie Bird

Amrikaye Ziba is a 2001 Iranian-American drama film directed by Babak Shokrian and Lisa Raymond, following a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles as they navigate displacement, identity, and belonging against the backdrop of the 1979 hostage crisis — one of the most turbulent moments in US-Iran relations.

What is Amrikaye Ziba about?

Set in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, the film traces the lives of several Iranian exiles trying to rebuild themselves on unfamiliar soil. Each character carries a different wound — some fled political danger, others chased a dream — yet all find themselves caught between two worlds they can no longer fully claim. As the hostage crisis dominates American television screens and hardens public attitudes toward Iranians, the community must cope with sudden suspicion and the weight of being seen as outsiders in a country they hoped to call home. The story unfolds with quiet intensity, layering personal grief against a charged political moment, asking what it truly means to belong somewhere.

The K-Time take

Shokrian and Raymond bring a restrained, observational lens to a chapter of diaspora history that rarely receives this kind of intimate screen attention. The film's power lies in its refusal to simplify: the characters are neither victims nor heroes but ordinary people caught in an extraordinary rupture. With an IMDB rating of 8.0, it stands as one of the more quietly affecting portraits of the Iranian-American experience.

Cast & crew

The ensemble cast brings together Iranian and Iranian-American actors with stage and screen experience. Houshang Touzie, a veteran of Iranian stage and diaspora cinema, anchors the film's emotional core. Atossa Leoni and Ally Porabas deliver measured, grounded performances, while David Diaan and Diane Gaidry round out a cast that captures the generational and temperamental range of exile life.

Context & significance

Released in 2001, Amrikaye Ziba arrived just as a new wave of Iranian-American stories was beginning to find a wider audience. For diaspora viewers — many of whom lived through the hostage crisis era or grew up hearing their parents recount it — the film speaks to a specific and often unspoken wound: the experience of being Iranian in America during a period of intense political hostility. It belongs to a small but significant body of work that documents this community's early years in the West with honesty rather than nostalgia, making it especially resonant for viewers who recognize those streets, those silences, and those impossible choices.

Where & how to watch

Amrikaye Ziba is available on K-Time with its original audio. No VPN is needed and there is no geo-blocking — watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone. A K-Time subscription includes cancel anytime flexibility.