{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"181. Between Dreams and Hope and queer survival (TIFF 2025)","description":"At TIFF, Alex dives into Iranian filmmaker Farnoosh Samadi's Between Dreams and Hope, a powerful film about a trans man in Iran navigating the dehumanizing maze of gender-affirming care \u2014 and connects it to two others, from Canada and France, that reveal how patriarchy, money, and bureaucracy shape queer and trans survival. These aren\u2019t straight reviews so much as reflections on how films spark curiosity, uncover hidden systems, and resist erasure. \u2728 Don\u2019t miss it! This October, join me for Living Out Loud \u2014 a FREE three-day live online summit all about queer and trans stories and queer and trans history.&amp;nbsp; Sign up here ","author_name":"Seventh Row Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/seventh-row.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38032215\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/192489675"}