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Before the Revolution

Using exclusive 8mm footage and archival television clips, an Israeli filmmaker explores his family’s dramatic experiences in Iran in the late ’70s, when thousands of Israelis lived in Tehran and found themselves in the middle of the Islamist revolution. Before the Revolution tracks one of the first modern popular uprisings in the Middle East through the people who experienced it firsthand.

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Using exclusive 8mm footage and rare television archival clips, an Israeli filmmaker explores his family’s dramatic experiences in Iran in the late ‘70s. Before the Revolution tracks one of the first great modern first popular uprisings in the Middle East through the people who experienced it firsthand without realizing its historic import or its ongoing consequences.

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    Before the Revolution: Behind the Footage

    S7 E12 - 3m 17s

    This video extra from the documentary Before the Revolution explores the story of the rare archival footage that was gathered for the film. Director Dan Shadur found visual inspiration for the documentary from both precious photo albums of his family and startling home movies shot by both his parents and other Israelis living in Iran before the revolution in 1979.

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