Unlike Waltz with Bashir, it only seems to be using animation in an effort to make blog diaries by twentysomethings appear cinematic.
The Green Wave
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Germany · 2010
1h 20m
Director Ali Samadi Ahadi
Starring Mohsen Kadivar, Mitra Khalatbari, Shadi Sadr, Mehdi Mohseni
Genre Animation, Documentary
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Inspired by the 2009 presidential election that produced dubious results that were highly indicative of fraud, an Iranian protest movement for democratic reforms was born under the name of the Green Revolution. Employing a distinctive animation style, archival footage, and social media accounts, director Ali Samadi Ahadi illustrates the protesters' fight for a better future.
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Ahadu pulls the curtain back on a government that was willing to imprison and torture its electorate.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
The most compelling aspect of The Green Wave, however, is the extensive footage shot clandestinely by amateurs using cellphones. What they recorded shows us the reality of what went down in a way nothing else can match.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
An arresting visual style cannot make up for lack of new information or viewpoints about the Green Revolution in 2009 Iran.
Mixed-media approach is eye-catching, and the subject is unquestionably powerful, but the sentimental score and stridently drawn imagery detract from picture's impact.
The New York Times by Rachel Saltz
By turns frustrating and moving, Ali Samadi Ahadi's documentary The Green Wave, about the Green Revolution in Iran, gets a jolt from footage shot by the people for the people on the people's cellphones.
Heartfelt and inventive, this documentary from exiled director Ali Samadi Ahadi chronicles Iran's abortive Green Revolution during the summer of 2009.
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