Once Upon a Time in Iran

Alternative title

Pilgrimage to Karbala

Synopsis

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 roller-coaster - to reveal how two ancient crimes - a massacre and the disappearance of a little boy - became the founding legends of Shi’a Islam and still shape the dangerous world of the Middle-East today.It is a film about the power of stories. Behind the headlines that read ‘The Axis of Evil’ and ‘The New Hitler’, the pilgrims reveal the real story of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis: another text that reads Husayn and the Hidden Imam. And a more forbidding truth, that in Karbala, Iranians believe they already have a secret weapon far more powerful than the Atom Bomb.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

2006

Subjects

Politics & government; Religious studies

Keywords

Iran; Iraq; Islam; Middle East; pilgrimages; religious belief and practice

Credits

Director

Kevin Sim

Producer

Rebecca Dobbs

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£12.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

90 minutes

Year

2011

Production Company

Name

Maya Vision International

Email

nfo@mayavisionint.com

Web

http://www.mayavisionint.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7796 4842

Fax

020 7796 4580

Address

3rd Floor
6 Kinghorn Street
London
EC1A 7HW

Sponsor

Name

Channel 4