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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Red Flag Releasing (RFR)
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Red Flag Releasing (RFR)
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary A documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events during last year's Green Revolution in Iran. Facebook reports, Twitter messages, videos posted on the internet and hundreds of real blog entries served as reference for the fictional 'storylines' of the film. (Red Flag Releasing)

Directed By: Ali Samadi Ahadi

Written By: Oliver Stoltz, Ali Samadi Ahadi

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Red Flag Releasing (RFR)
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Red Flag Releasing (RFR)
  • 1 h 20 m

The Green Wave

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary A documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events during last year's Green Revolution in Iran. Facebook reports, Twitter messages, videos posted on the internet and hundreds of real blog entries served as reference for the fictional 'storylines' of the film. (Red Flag Releasing)

Directed By: Ali Samadi Ahadi

Written By: Oliver Stoltz, Ali Samadi Ahadi

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80
Aug 9, 2012
The most compelling aspect of The Green Wave, however, is the extensive footage shot clandestinely by amateurs using cellphones. What they recorded shows us the reality of what went down in a way nothing else can match.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 6, 2012
Heartfelt and inventive, this documentary from exiled director Ali Samadi Ahadi chronicles Iran's abortive Green Revolution during the summer of 2009.
By Tom Dawson FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 6, 2012
Ahadu pulls the curtain back on a government that was willing to imprison and torture its electorate.
By Henry Barnes FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 14, 2012
Only the animation seems forced, with its comic-book style and melodramatic tone registering as manipulative next to the brute reality of the documentary images.
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60
Aug 6, 2012
A worthy topic that deserves a slightly better documentary.
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50
Aug 6, 2012
An arresting visual style cannot make up for lack of new information or viewpoints about the Green Revolution in 2009 Iran.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 6, 2012
Unlike Waltz with Bashir, it only seems to be using animation in an effort to make blog diaries by twentysomethings appear cinematic.
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Production Company ARTE, Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduction, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Wizard UG & Ko.
Release Date Aug 10, 2012
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/thegreenwavemovie
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Awards

Calgary Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination

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