July 25, 2012

MPAC's Hollywood Bureau invites you to attend a special Ramadan screening of the powerful new documentary “The Green Wave.”

MPAC, in partnership with the Levantine Center and IMAN Cultural Center will screen “The Green Wave,” which follows the thrilling season of Iranian popular unrest that brought millions of people to the streets during the Iranian presidential election of 2009. 

‘THE GREEN WAVE
Wed., July 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Laemmle Music Hall

A Q&A moderated by author and scholar Reza Aslan will follow the screening. 

Click here to watch the trailer.

“The Green Wave” focuses on the 2009 Iranian presidential elections, which were supposed to bring about a change. Contrary to expectations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election over challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who became the symbolic figure of the Green Revolution.

The film, by Ali Samadi Ahadi, interweaves animated scenes, real footage and social media clips to illustrate these dramatic events and describe the Iranian people’s initial hope and curiosity, their desperate fear and their courage to continue to fight.