THE GREEN WAVE teaser (ENGLISH)

a documentary about the uprising in Iran

www.thegreenwave-film.com

Green is the color of hope. Green is the color of Islam. And green was the symbol of recognition among the supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who became the symbolic figure of the Green Revolution in Iran last year. The presidential elections on June 12th, 2009 were supposed to bring about a change, but contrary to all expectations the ultra-conservative populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confirmed in office. As clear as was the result, as loud and justified were the accusations of vote-rigging. The on-going Where is my vote? protest demonstrations were again and again worn down and broken up with brutal attacks by government militia. Images taken from private persons with their cell phones or cameras bear witness to this excessive violence: people were beaten, stabbed, shot dead, arrested, kidnapped, some of them disappearing without trace. What remains is the countless number of dead or injured people and victims of torture, and another deep wound in the hearts of the Iranians.
THE GREEN WAVE is a touching documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events and telling about the feelings of the people behind this revolution. Facebook reports, Twitter messages and videos posted in the internet were included in the film composition, and hundreds of real blog entries served as reference for the experiences and thoughts of two young students, whose story is running through the film as the main thread. The film describes their initial hope and curiosity, their desperate fear, and the courage to yet continue to fight. These fictional 'storylines' have been animated as a motion comic -- sort of a moving comic -- framing the deeply affecting pictures of the revolution and the interviews with prominent human rights campaigners and exiled Iranians. Ali Samadi Ahadi's documentary is a very contemporary chronicle of the Green Revolution and a memorial for all of those who believed in more freedom and lost their lives for that.

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[tyu3456]

@filmmchen I support the uprisings in Iran as much as you do, but still, in the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran, we all thought it was an actual uprising until we found out it was entirely the CIA's doing. We should support the Iranian people, but we have to be wary that the US government won't make the mistakes of the past.

[dbcgangster]

@Goled21

every bastard of this regime will burn.

The revolution started in 2009 and will change the world.

[imanwow]

خیالی نیست اگر دیروز، شقایق‌های دشت میهنم را یک به یک چیدند و سرخی را ستاندند از کف این دشت پهناور

به قدری خرم است این دشت، که گر سرخی ستانی سبز میروید

من اکنون سبز می بینم سراسر خاک میهن را

[Goled21]

this HUGE PROPAGANDA. THE PEOPLE OF IRAN HAS SPOKEN THEY LOVE Islamic Republic of Iran THEY LOVE AHMEDINJAD AND Ali Khamenei THATS IT GIVE UP DUMB ASSES.

[filmmchen]

Yes sure it is only for the propaganda purposes, otherwise the world knows, that Iran is the Mekka of Freedom and Human rights specially after the elections. No torture, no killings, no political prisoners. And the Images from Iran in the hole last year are also only fake! Made by the western counties! Otherwise Khamenie and Ahmadinejad would never kill their own people just because they ask where there Vote is! They are democrats and respect realy the wish of thir own people! Hmm nilo?

[nilo723]

LOL! Why don't you let some real persians do the talking!

If this is just for propaganda purposes to the Western audience, then i have got no problem! lolzz