Elegy for the Forgotten, on an Endless War
2026 · 23m
Documentary
Directed by
Bani Khoshnoudi
Overview
Fourty years after the Iran–Iraq War bombs fall once again on Iran, weeks after street protests ended in the massacre of thousands of Iranians. While Israeli and American bombs fall, the regime keeps images under tight control. An endless war... of images.
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