Caro Reed-Ferrara
PhD Student
Contact Information
Research and Creative Interests
- cinema
- cinema & media theory and criticism
- Postcolonial Media
- Iranian Cinema
- 16mm & super-8 film
- American Film History
- Cultural Studies
- Post 9/11
- film and nation-building
Biography
Caro is a third-year PhD student at the Media School with an focus on Media & Cinema Studies. They completed their MA in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Washington in 2023 with a focus on Persian and Arabic (Modern Standard).
They are interested in leftist cinema in the Middle East, specifically in Iran. Additional research interests include: The Military Entertainment Complex, Post-Colonial Cinema, and the relationship between cinema and Iranian political history.
Prior to this, Caro was a filmmaker and an MS graduate of the Media School in Film Production and Design, whose work focused on 16mm production and post-production.