Tag: Abbasi, Ali (Film Director)

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, an Iranian Exile, Channels Trauma in ‘Holy Spider’

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who had to flee Iran after an intimate tape was leaked, has been transfixed by the protests erupting there as her film “Holy Spider” is released in the U.S.

In Iran, a New Wave of Repression Hits Acclaimed Filmmakers

The authorities in the Islamic Republic like to take credit for the country’s achievements in film, but are warning those who make them not to cross red lines at home.