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  1. Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days to Freedom - What Really Happened in Iran (2006)

    Director
    Les Harris
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

    On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamic students swarmed into U.S. embassy in Tehran, took its staff hostage, and demanded that the American government return the Shah to Iran. 444 days later the...

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  2. Once Upon a Time in Iran (2006)

    aka: Pilgrimage to Karbala

    Director
    Kevin Sim
    Producer
    Rebecca Dobbs
    Subject
    Politics & government; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.99

    In the summer of 2006,a bus full of pilgrims left Tehran in Iran on the dangerous journey to Karbala in Iraq. ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAN follows this breath-taking journey - a spiritual and emotional...

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  3. This is Not a Film (2010)

    Director
    Jafar Panahi
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £14.99

    Film by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, made on an iPhone and a DV camera, documenting the director’s house arrest in his Tehran apartment as he awaits the result of his appeal against his twenty-year ban...

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  4. Arusi Persian Wedding (2008)

    Director
    Marjan Tehrani
    Subject
    Religious studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 63 minutes), $295.00 (institutional rate)

    For filmmaker Marjan Tehrani and her brother Alex, growing up Iranian-American has always meant being caught between two worlds. With unique perspective and intimate storytelling, Tehrani brings to life a...

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  5. Snooker

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  6. Dervishes of Kurdistan, The (1973 Video)

    Director
    Brian Moser
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £30.00

    About a community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq, man of whom are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq. The distinguishing feature of this particular community is that its members are...

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  7. Divorce Iranian Style (1999)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto
    Subject
    Anthropology; Law; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £12.99 (retail, Secondrun)

    Observes some of the cases brought before the Family Law Courts in Tehran. The three main characters are Jamileh, who punishes her husband for beating her; Ziba, a 16-year-old girl who is trying to get a...

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  8. Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Computer (2013)

    Director
    Miller Freeman plc
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 96 minutes), $395.00

    Documentary about three young women who use social media to document, denounce and combat violations of human rights and free speech in their countries. Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are...

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  9. All the World’s a Stage: Dress Rehearsal/Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor (2011)

    Director
    Nasser Taghavi; Dennis Bablet
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 64, 145 minutes), $39.95

    A 2 DVD pack containing ancient and modern performances. DRESS REHEARSAL: THE BRAVE HURR’S TA’ZIEH provides a rare opportunity to witness the performance of a ta’zieh, an ancient and uniquely Iranian...

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  10. Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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