• Life under the Boot: I'm Still Here and Seed of The Sacred Fig:

  • Apr 12 2025
  • Length: 13 mins
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Life under the Boot: I'm Still Here and Seed of The Sacred Fig:

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  • Walter Salles' 'I'm Still Here', about an engineer disappeared from his home by an oppressive regime in 1971, won the Oscar for best not-American film. Mohammad Rasoulof's 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig', is about a judge in Iran's Revolutionary Court during the 2022 protests that followed the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly. Brazil: how to survive as a human being after your husband is kidnapped by the regime. Iran: can you survive as a a human being when you are an enforcer of the regime?

    Produced and edited by Matty Rosenberg, co-produced by Jennifer Hammoud, and Joan Juliet Buck @ radiofreerhinecliff.org
    Graphics by Joseph Maresca
    Send comments to comments@radiofreerhinecliff.org or call (845) 307-7446‬
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