Discussion at Document 4: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival following a screening of 'Moment of Fury' by Morvary Samaré, with Yassamine Mather and Morvary Samaré.
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'Moment of Fury', Morvary Samaré
Sweden • 2005–2006 • 10mins
Iran: after the revolution of 1979 when Ayatollah Khomeini came to power, there was an impetus to question and, in some cases, re-orient social values. This is the case in most revolutions. Eventually the dust settles; a nation works out where its concensus lies. But twenty-five years later, where does Iran stand on the question of human rights? In 1999 Ahmad Batedi, a young student, participated in a demonstration for freedom of speech and, in a moment of fury, raised a bloody t-shirt from the ground. Because of this act, he was imprisoned indefinitely. This film was inspired by him and his action on that day.
Yassamine Mather:
The victims of the conflict between US-UK imperialism and Iran’s reactionary clerical regime are ordinary Iranians, says Yassamine Mather, a member of the editorial team of Critique, Journal of Socialist Theory; Centre For the Study of Socialist Theory and Movements, Glasgow University.
Also see:
'Political Islam’s Relation to Capital and Class' by Ardeshir Mehrdad and Yassamine Mather
http://www.variant.org.uk/25texts/politicalislam25.html
'Crisis of Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran' by Yassamine Mather
http://www.variant.org.uk/18texts/18iran.html |
