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202620 minPG-13documentary

Ghazal-e Sorkh

202620 minPG-13documentary

In 1976, a call to boycott the Shiraz Arts Festival led to the absence of prominent international artists, as reported by the Iranian newspaper Kayhan.

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Maryam Tafakory

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In 1976, a call to boycott the Shiraz Arts Festival led to the absence of prominent international artists, as reported by the Iranian newspaper Kayhan.

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Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakorydirector

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In 1976, there was a call to boycott the Shiraz Arts Festival. Some well-known international artists joined immediately; others reluctantly. “The giants aren’t coming this year,” wrote the Iranian newspaper Kayhan. Between fragments of films commissioned by the Shah and the films and books banned in the same years are stories that first began with ‘crime-producing’ poems – each returning to a fire that never stopped burning.

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