{"product_id":"documenting-iran-filmmakers-and-social-change-hardcover","title":"Documenting Iran: Filmmakers and Social Change - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePersheng Vaziri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ethnographic study of how Iranian documentary filmmakers navigate censorship and creativity to shape civic discourse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIranian filmmakers have overcome significant obstacles to create a distinctive, globally renowned cinema. Filmmaker and educator Persheng Vaziri explores how documentarians, in particular, have developed a dynamic and creative environment by negotiating limited resources and official constraints. Through their films, they share hard truths--and artful narratives--with fellow Iranians and viewers the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDocumenting Iran\u003c\/i\u003e introduces key historical foundations of documentary filmmaking amid generations of political change--first under the shah and later the Islamic government--with a focus on contemporary filmmakers between 2000 and 2022. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic encounters, Vaziri describes the creative practices and pragmatic choices that provide documentarians relative independence from state censorship and other restrictions on artistic production. Relying on poetic aesthetics, observational filmmaking, international connections, and the accumulated knowledge of a tight-knit local community, filmmakers engage with controversial topics like women's rights, marriage and divorce laws, environmental degradation, and encounters with Western culture. Documentarians have thus created an activist cinema both subtle and persuasive enough to challenge dogmatic rule and uphold progressive elements of Iranian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersheng Vaziri has taught at Penn State University, Hofstra University, and New York University. She currently produces documentaries and teaches at the Higher Education Alliance for the 21st Century, Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49042034032889,"sku":"9781477334270","price":94.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b1oBU6qQE59781477334270.webp?v=1789115433","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/documenting-iran-filmmakers-and-social-change-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}