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Stronger Than a Bullet (2017)

Stronger Than a Bullet (2017)

History Documentary
Release Date: 2017, November 20
Directors: Maryam Ebrahimi
Countries: Canada, France, Sweden
Production: Seconde Vague Productions, ARTE, Nima Film, SVT, TVO
Cast: Saddam Hussein, Ruhollah Khomeini, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Overview:

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.

Keywords:

1980s religious fundamentalism train travel photojournalism war correspondent iran traumatized man iraq religious war iranian revolution islamic revolution iran-iraq war sunni islam shia islam shiism sunnism