In 'Tehran is the Capital of Iran', Kamran Shirdel provides a powerful account of the suffering of those left behind by the Shah's aggressive programmes of modernisation. Striking imagery of the slums in south Tehran is set against the voices of government
... officials, showing the discrepancy between the official accounts of the few and the actual lived experience of the many. The image of Iran presented in Shirdel's film did not go down well with the Iranian authorities. Synopsis By IMVBox.com
In 'Tehran is the Capital of Iran', Kamran Shirdel provides a powerful account of the suffering of those left behind by the Shah's aggressive programmes of modernisation. Striking imagery of the slums in south Tehran is set against the voices of government officials, showing the discrepancy between the official accounts of the few and the actual lived experience of the many. The image of Iran presented in Shirdel's film did not go down well with the Iranian authorities. Synopsis By IMVBox.com
