Doc/Fest Blog
Doc filmmaker arrested without charge in Iran
By Charlie Phillips 29 June, 2009
Very concerning news reverberating that celebrated doc filmmaker Maziar Bahari was arrested without charge last week.
Bahari is the award winning filmmaker of celebrated works such as:
- 'And along came a Spider'
- 'The Fall of a Shah'
- 'Sistani, Object of Emulation'
- 'Children of Abu Ghraib'
- 'An Iranian Odyssey'
Bahari, a Canadian citizen, is based in London and is expecting his first child in 6 months. He was in Iran making a documentary about the Iranian election, where he was detained without charge by Iranian authorities, but has not been heard from since.
One filmmaker amongst a torrent of injustice, we're hoping not just for his own personal release but the ability for all Iranian filmmakers and journalists to work freely without interference to show the world the truth.