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The lost cinema : Iranian political films in the '70s / written, produced, directed and edited by Jamsheed Akrami.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Iranian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- New wave films--Iran.
- New wave films.
- Motion pictures--Censorship--Iran.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture industry--Iran.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion pictures--Censorship.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (100 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
- Other Title:
- Iranian political films in the '70s
- Iranian political films in the seventies
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : [Kino Lorber], [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English and Farsi with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- The Lost Cinema is a film essay on the Iranian New Wave, a film movement which blossomed in the 70s as a protest against a local film industry dominated by shallow, socially uninformed domestic films and excessive exhibition of Hollywood and European imports. Despite the movement’s contribution to the political awareness of the Iranian middle class, the New-Wave films, along with all other pre-revolutionary titles, were banned due to their non-conformity to the severely restrictive censorship codes imposed by the Islamic government after the 1979 Revolution. The ban has effectively shelved half a century of film heritage in Iran.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Chris Guralny.
- Credits:
- Camera, Robert Anderson, Melanie Chapan, Kamshad Koushan.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on July 19, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 986691112
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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