The Green Wave

An excellent film, and important historic document.
A deeply moving, tragic, upsetting, and yet somehow still hopeful documentary on Iran's brief
'Green Revolution' which for a moment seemed to promise to bring real change, only to be
crushed by a shockingly ruthless and violent response from the government.

By combining animation (recalling 'Waltz With Bashir') accompanying dramatic readings of blogs
by those who lived though those days, combined with video footage of events grabbed on cell
phones, twitter messages and more traditional talking head interviews, this documentary
feels original and fast moving, combining the storytelling power of fiction, with the urgency and
social import of truth.

While we all read the headlines here in America, somehow I didn't really understand how powerful the
movement for change really was in those brief days of 2009, nor just how bloody and brutal the repression
that followed.

As one interviewee points out, western...

Excellent film.
Informative and very well done. Everyone should watch this film. Seriously! We should all be aware of what is happening in Iran regarding human rights.

the green wave
This short movie makes a major contribution to worldwide humanity. I am so thankful to have watched it and shared in the lives of the oppressed In Iran.

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