REVIEWS

Post-film thoughts.

Rehearsals for a Revolution: For the Hope of it All
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Rehearsals for a Revolution: For the Hope of it All

Using video and audio recordings, newspapers, photographs and archive footage, Ahangarani reconstructs moments where her country experienced significant turning points. This grand narrative is told through the eyes and words of a child, then a young girl, and finally, a woman who is forced to “watch” her homeland from afar while living in another country.

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The Crowd (جماعت): Defiant Joy
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The Crowd (جماعت): Defiant Joy

A vertical video, clearly taken on a cellphone, of a chic millennial apartment. We pan over a group of friends dancing, goofing off, giggling. There is food and drink. One girl is singing. The opening scene of The Crowd resembles the kind of thing you could find on the camera roll of most people between the ages of 21 and 35 today. But by the end of the film, even this typical scenario feels like a statement of resilience.

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