The Tree That Remembers (2002)
- Directed by
- Masoud Raouf
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Former political prisoners recount their experiences of activism under the Shah of Iran and subsequent imprisonment and torture after the 1979 revolution. The filmmaker himself was one of those prisoners.
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What happens
The Tree That Remembers is a 2002 animated documentary by Iranian filmmaker Masoud Raouf, exploring the lives of former political prisoners like himself who had been active in the democratic movement during the days of the Shah of Iran, only to face imprisonment and torture under the Islamic regime after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, awards for the film included the Silver Award for Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs, as well as a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Social Documentary at the Yorkton Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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