Death of the Persian Prince

Each year, hundreds of gay Iranian men choose to change their gender through sexual reassignment surgery. If they don’t, it’s legal to execute them.

This is their story.

Written and directed by Dewey Moss (The Crusade of Connor Stephens, A Normal Life), Death of the Persian Prince is a haunting tale about the power of the human spirit.

Samantha is an Iranian woman living in New York. James is a veteran of the Iraq war. Late one night, in the middle of a heated argument, James leaves and Samantha finds herself alone. Suddenly, there’s a knock at the door. Someone from Samantha’s homeland has arrived unexpectedly. Fueled by a barrage of threats that unearth shattering confessions of unimaginable terror, the story of James, Samantha and the stranger takes an unexpected turn, leading to a stunning ending that proves nothing is as it seems.