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Interview with Golestan, Shahrokh

Date

October 2, 1983

Location

Paris, France

Interviewer

Sami'i, Shirin

Language

Persian

Abstract

Personal background and education; recollections of the Point Four Program; early career in film making; emergence of news broadcasting and documentary films in Iran; working with the Bureau of Fine Arts and the Ministry of Culture and Arts; bureaucratic and organizational impediments to film making in Iran; on the nature and extent of censorship of films in Iran; on the Shiraz Art Festival; covering official events and royal trips; on the aims and achievements of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization; personal experiences with the Revolution of 1978-79.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Transcripts

Sharokh-Golestan-APt-I Sharokh-Golestan-BPt-II Sharokh-Golestan-English

Contents

91pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Golestan, Shahrokh

Artist; Film Director and Cinematographer