This is Not a Film
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Format: Streaming Video
Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 76 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence - six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking - Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking.
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Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2011.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2011.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.