For Neda (TV 2010)

On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying moments,... See full summary »

Director:

Antony Thomas

Writer:

Antony Thomas

Stars:

Shohreh Aghdashloo, Houda Echouafni

Cast

Credited cast:
Shohreh Aghdashloo	...	Narrator
Houda Echouafni	...	Arabic narrator

Storyline

On June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran during the turmoil that followed the Iranian presidential contest. Within hours, images of her dying moments, captured on cell phones, appeared on computer screens across the world, focusing the world's attention on mass protests against the rigged elections in Iran. Featuring previously unseen footage of Neda with friend and family, as well as exclusive video of her recorded the day she died, "For Neda" debuts just before the anniversary of her death.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History

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Details

Official Sites:

HBO [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

HBO Documentary Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

She was only human

The danger of films like For Neda is that they tend to place their subject matter on a pedestal. Such, unfortunately, is the case with this obsequious hagiography about Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman murdered by basij militia in 2009. The film is relentlessly orientalist, featuring interviews with middle-class and professional Iranians who, naturally, want to convey the message that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler. For Neda is also padded with footage from superior documentaries such as Letters to the President and Divorce Iranian Style. All in all, this is a film made by western liberals, for western liberals. It's not bad, and the raw demonstration footage has value, but overall feels more like propaganda than the truth.