Shirin Raban is a cine-ethnographer who teaches courses in the history and practice of graphic design at Cal State University Northridge and UCLA Extension. In 2014, Shirin received her MVA in Visual Anthropology from USC. Her Thesis film, “The Fifth Question: Why is this Passover different?” is about the evolving cultural identity of her own children in Los Angeles. The film won the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award, and was selected as Semi-Finalist at the San Francisco Iranian Film Festival. It was screened at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, USC Casden Institute, UCLA Hillel, USC Hillel and Adat Shalom Temple. In 2015, Shirin created the short film, "VAPAE: The Making of a Teaching Artist" for the UCLA Arts and Architecture Art Teaching Minor program. Shirin continues to create films about culture and identity.