Director:
Ali Samadi Ahadi
Run Time: 80 minutes
Country: GERMANY, IRAN
Year: 2010
Ali Samadi Ahadi
Run Time: 80 minutes
Country: GERMANY, IRAN
Year: 2010
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The Green Wave
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Comprised of animation and actual footage, THE GREEN WAVE is a shocking documentary about the civilian uprising during the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Based solely on first-person accounts that director Ali Samadi Ahadi collected from tweets, Facebook entries, and blogs, the film stands as a potent testimony to a revolution against the cruelty and oppression of a regime intolerant of change. Ahadi ties together raw footage of protests and public gatherings – shot primarily by witnesses on cell phones – with poignant animation to illustrate the narratives of online bloggers. The film avoids explaining the differences in ideologies of the running politicians Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Instead it exists to show the horrid and devastating human rights violations committed against young, educated voters who demand change. When protests broke out in the streets of Iran after the exposure of the fraudulent election, the state militia responded with brutal violence and hauled many of the protestors to jail – all fully sanctioned by Iran’s government and religious leaders. Now Ahadi tells these victims’ influential and significant stories of THE GREEN WAVE to convey the outrageous injustice perpetrated by the Iranian government and to remind us of the many political prisoners still locked away and silenced. (In German and Persian with subtitles) – M.M.
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| Sidebars | Standing Up Competition, Women Of The World |
| Producer | Jan Krüger, Oliver Stoltz |
| Screenplay | Ali Samadi Ahadi |
| Cinematography | Peter Jeschke, Ali Samadi Ahadi |
| Editing | Andreas Menn, Barbara Toennieshen |
| Director Bio | Ali Samadi Ahadi was born in Iran but fled to Germany alone when he was 12-years-old. He graduated with a degree in Visual Communications and is now a writer, director, and editor of documentaries. |
| Select Filmography | “Africa Mayibuye” (2003), “Lost Children” (2005), “Salami Aleikum” (2009), THE GREEN WAVE (2010) |
| Print Source |
Visit Films al@visitfilms.com www.visitfilms.com |
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