Iranian Director In Jail, Not Cannes

Lisa Schwarzbaum recommends four terrific films by Jafar Panahi, a political prisoner in Tehran since March

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BING NEWS:
  • Iranian Director 'Secretly' Leaves Iran Ahead of Cannes
    Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof said Monday he had left Iran clandestinely after being sentenced to jail on national security charges, a day ahead of the opening of the Cannes Film Festival ...
    05/14/2024 - 7:18 pm | View Link
  • Iranian director Rasoulof urges film world to support colleagues
    Rasoulof announces he had escaped clandestinely from Iran, just days after it emerged that he had been sentenced to eight years in prison for 'collusion against national security' ...
    05/14/2024 - 12:43 pm | View Link
  • The County’s Director of Jail Health Care Has Resigned
    Obiero, who was the county’s corrections health director, oversaw the division during a period of crisis. Seven inmates died in the county’s two adult jails last year, as Obiero struggled to stem a ...
    05/14/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
  • Iranian director in exile issues rallying call
    Film director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has secretly fled Iran for an undisclosed location in Europe, has urged the world film community to provide "strong support" to his colleagues.
    05/14/2024 - 3:14 am | View Link
  • Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof flees to Europe amid eight-year jail sentence
    After receiving an eight-year jail sentence, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has fled to Europe ahead of his new movie's premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
    05/14/2024 - 2:26 am | View Link
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