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Interviews and ample film clips recount the tumultuous history of one of the most revered national cinemas in the world, which has produced world-class filmmakers like Dariush Mehrjui and Abbas Kiarostami. Directed by Nader Takmil Homayoun. (France, 2006, color/b&w, subtitles, Beta SP, 98 min.). Preceded at curtain time by The Noon Gun (Britain, 2004, 28 min.), an impressionistic portrait of a now-lost Afghanistan. Shot by British filmmaker Anthony Stern in
1971.

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Added by Rachel wilkins on April 14, 2008