With a trove of gripping footage filmed by protestors, this documentary goes inside the uprising that rocked Iran after the death of a young woman in police custody — and sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.
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Last fall, anti-government protests swept across Iran after the death in police custody of a young woman, Mahsa Zhina Amini, who was accused of not adhering to the Islamic regime’s strict dress code. In the crackdown on protests that followed, human rights groups estimate that more than 500 Iranians have been killed, including 72 children.
In a country where journalists are tightly controlled, young Iranians have been filming the uprising themselves and posting the videos online. For more than six months, FRONTLINE has been gathering and reviewing over 100 hours of this footage, cross-checking it with testimony from eyewitnesses and protestors, and following activists and exiles who have been gathering evidence of human rights violations.
The resulting documentary, “Inside the Iranian Uprising,” premieres on streaming platforms June 29 and on PBS stations August 8. It features the harrowing stories of protestors, some of whom are still in the country and are speaking out despite the risks, and it sheds new light on the lengths to which the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has gone to put down the uprising.
“The people are now like a volcano,” one interviewee says. “I am a volcano.”
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Inside the Iranian Uprising is a Passion Pictures production for GBH/FRONTLINE in association with BBC and RAI. The producer and director is Majed Neisi. The producer is Sasha Joelle Achilli. The senior producer is Dan Edge. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue - 00:00
Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Death in Tehran, Iran,in September 2022 Sparks Protests - 2:33
Protester Describes Brutal Detention by Iran’s Morality Police – 6:40
Female Protesters in Iran Remove Hijabs to Protest Regime in 2022 - 12:07
Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Actor Turned Activist, Gathers Accounts of Regime Crackdown - 18:56
The Death of 16-Year-Old Nika Shakarami During Iran Protests – 20:10
Iranian Regime Cracks Down on Protests in 2022 – 27:28
The Death of 16-Year-Old Sarina Esmailzadeh During Iran Protests – 31:08
How Iranian Schoolgirls Helped Fuel the Protest Movement - 34:31
Iranians Detained in Relation to Protests Describe Torture, Sexual Assault - 38:15
The Iranian Regime’s Crackdown Escalates in November 2022 - 45:42
Credits – 51:14
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