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Red Lines and Deadlines
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
(Update) Twenty-six years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran is struggling for political reform. WIDE ANGLE films behind the scenes with the young reporters at one of Iran's new pro-reform newspapers as they grapple to report the news without incurring the "blade of censorship" that is an ever-present threat in Iran today. Shargh is one of the leading reformist papers and has built a loyal readership among Iran's intellectuals, opinion-makers, politicians, and the young. This update features new footage of Shargh reporters covering Iran's recent, controversial presidential elections.
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Director Taghi Amirani has made more than 30 documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC in the UK, as well as for American and French television. His films include THE DISPOSSESSED, an intimate portrait of ordinary Afghan people living in a Taliban-controlled refugee camp on the Afghan/Iran border after 9/ll; WATCH THIS SPACE and THE CRASH BASH, two films on the historic comet crash of 1994; MAD ABOUT MACHINES, a six-part series exploring relationships between people and household machines; and INSIDE MECCA, a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Special set in the Holy City of Mecca. Amirani was born in Iran and lives in London.
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