{"id":3003,"date":"2022-09-19T04:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T04:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=3003"},"modified":"2022-10-12T16:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:45:43","slug":"curtains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-3-winter-2022-23\/curtains\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h4><em><strong>A Film By Mark Rahman<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Curtains\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xCzvzKaaURs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>After long balancing the conflict between the 40-hour workweek and the creative drive to make art, Mark Rahman seeks answers to universal questions relating to human expression in a society that stifles it. 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