Episode
Episode 81: Cinema Historian; Film Zad
Ahmad Hashemi
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2024-08-04
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Episode 81 examines Film Zad and military censorship during a transformative historical period. The military regime prohibited everything from long hair and mini skirts to classic literature by Sophocles, Tolstoy, and Sartre, as well as modern music and contemporary mathematics. Read more…Episode 81 examines Film Zad and military censorship during a transformative historical period. The military regime prohibited everything from long hair and mini skirts to classic literature by Sophocles, Tolstoy, and Sartre, as well as modern music and contemporary mathematics. This censorship extended to free speech itself. Ahmad Hashemi explores how this repressive environment influenced one of cinema's most politically significant films, revealing the intersection of politics and artistic expression. Close