Googoosh: Iran's Daughter
Iran
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2h 38m
Directed by Farhad Zamani • Documentary • 2000 • 158 minutes
Googoosh was Iran's most famous and beloved pop diva, until she was silenced following the 1979 Islamic revolution when female singers were labeled “temptresses” and forbidden to release records or perform publicly in the presence of men. Made during the time when Googoosh was forbidden to grant interviews or perform, the film artfully pieces together clips from Googoosh’s career on stage and screen, creating a portrait of a woman who is a cultural icon for a country trapped between tradition and modernization.
"Both a feminist biography and a cultural history of postcolonial Iran." —Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
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