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BBC: The Cultural Frontline

New Iranian art and the censors
Podcast Episode | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
The repeatedly arrested film maker and women's rights activist, Mahnaz Mohammadi, speaks from Iran about the censors and interrogators she had to deal with while making her award-winning debut feature film, Son-Mother. In the story, a ...See moreThe repeatedly arrested film maker and women's rights activist, Mahnaz Mohammadi, speaks from Iran about the censors and interrogators she had to deal with while making her award-winning debut feature film, Son-Mother. In the story, a young widow struggles to look after her two children in Tehran. When a kind local man offers her marriage, she must choose between poverty and sending her young son away. Mahnaz Mohammadi talks about making art through personal pain. Female singers in Iran have been prevented from performing solo since the Islamic revolution in 1979. But Farvaraz Farvardin was determined that her voice would be heard. She speaks to reporter Sahar Zand about her musical journey from singing in the classroom, to online videos, prosecution and seeking asylum in Germany. Visual artist Barbad Golshiri shares his artistic response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Iran. Tuba Mirum is an audio-visual installation that moves between viral spores and loudspeakers heralding the last judgement, and it draws on both Islamic and Christian iconography. Plus: Film director Shahram Mokri on how sanctions on Iran undermine hit film making, and why his new movie, Careless Crime, revisits the 1978 mass murder of a cinema audience, which fuelled the revolution in his country. Written by BBC See less
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Writers
Pooneh Ghoddoosi (staff writer) | Sahar Zand (staff writer)
Producers
Shoku Amirani (producer) | Lucy Collingwood (producer) | Paul Waters (producer) | Sahar Zand (producer)
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Updated Nov 21, 2020
Release date
Nov 21, 2020 (United Kingdom)

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6 cast members
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Pooneh Ghoddoosi primary photo
Pooneh Ghoddoosi
Self / Self - Presenter Self / Self - Presenter   See fewer
Give Us the Money (2012)
Sahar Zand primary photo
Sahar Zand
Self / Self - Reporter Self / Self - Reporter   See fewer
Chighali
Faravaz Farvardin primary photo
Faravaz Farvardin
Self / Self - Singer Self / Self - Singer   See fewer
Faravaz: Soorate majazi (2013)
Barbad Golshiri primary photo
Barbad Golshiri
Self / Self - Visual Artist Self / Self - Visual Artist   See fewer
BBC: The Cultural Frontline (2016)
Mahnaz Mohammadi primary photo
Mahnaz Mohammadi
Self / Self - Filmmaker Self / Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Son-Mother (2019)
Shahram Mokri primary photo
Shahram Mokri
Self / Self - Filmmaker Self / Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Fish & Cat (2013)
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