Neda Agha-Soltan, The Angel of Iran (1982-2009)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
FOR THE FIRST TIME HER PARENTS SPEAK OUT
Music posters still hang on the walls; stuffed animals decorate a twin bed in the corner of the room. Clothes lie neatly folded in the closet.
Neda Agha-Soltan's bedroom in Iran remains practically untouched since the day she died.
A little more than a week away from the one-year anniversary of her death on June 20, 2009, Neda's family refuses to forget their daughter's spirit.
Journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan traveled to Tehran to interview Neda's relatives in their home for a new documentary on her life and her tragic death.
HBO's new documentary, "For Neda," tells the personal story of the woman who unwittingly became the symbol of the post-election reform movement in Iran when her death was captured on a cell phone video and shown around the world.
"She is any girl, anywhere, but this just wasn't anywhere," the film's producer and director, Antony Thomas, told CNN. "I wanted to show the people who demonstrated, whatever happened, that their courage has not been forgotten."
Not able to find a professional camera crew that would accept the assignment, Kamali Dehghan, a print journalist who had never handled a movie camera before, took a two-day crash course and smuggled a camera into the country.
link | HBO documentary will debut in U.S. at 9 p.m. ET Monday.
Neda Agha-Soltan The Angel of Iran(1982-2009)
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