The Boston Festival of Films from Iran 2010
Film by Maziar Bahari
In 1951, Iranian Prime Minster Mohammad Mossadegh attempted to nationalize Iranian Oil, which had been monopolized by a British company for more than forty years. After a two-year struggle for the control of oil, Mossadegh’s government was a defeated in a coup carried out by the CIA in August 1953. An Iranian Odyssey uses exclusive archival material and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of Mossadegh’s battle and helps explain the current tension between Iran and the West.
Filmmaker and journalist Maziar Bahari, who has dual Canadian-Iranian citizenship, was detained without charge in Tehran on June 21, 2009 while reporting on the fallout from the elections. He was released on October 17.
Bahari will receive the ILEX Foundation Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema. Discussion with the director follows screening.
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