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

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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