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Directed by UCLA alumna Ana Lily Amirpour, &quot;A Girl Walks Home At Night&quot; had to work around Iran&#039;s restrictions on filmmaking in order to produce the film. AmiPro&#039;s movie will be screening at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)

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Cross Cut: Iranian filmmakers seek artistic freedom

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In film editing, cross-cutting is the technique of cutting between actions occurring at the same time, but in different locations. In Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world, foreign cinema rarely takes the spotlight from the plethora of local releases.

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Cross Cut: Iranian filmmakers seek artistic freedom

By Eileen Li

Jan. 8, 2015 12:32 a.m.