Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/varzi-roxanne-c389all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:47:37 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/plastic-flowers-never-die-p516.aspx Product516 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:58:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/plastic-flowers-never-die-p516.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/plastic-flowers-never-die.jpg" alt="Plastic Flowers Never Die" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/plastic-flowers-never-die-p516.aspx">Plastic Flowers Never Die</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/plastic-flowers-never-die-p516.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>The war with Iraq was the largest mobilization of the Iranian population, achieved primarily by producing and promoting a culture of martyrdom based on religious themes found in Shi'a Islam. Martyrdom became state policy. Khomeini made it clear the war was a spiritual one that the people, and not a professional army, would fight. It would be a sacred defense; a war of good against evil, of spirit against military might, where a human wave of believers would form a wall of defense against the Iraqis. Over 800,000 people died.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Roxanne Varzi spent twelve years researching and writing about post-Revolution public culture in Iran. As an Iranian-American who was born in Iran and left shortly after the Revolution, she found that even though she had missed the war with Iraq, it remained omnipresent. She spent a year in Iran without a film permit speaking to ideologically driven mural painters, museum curators, war vets, and other cultural producers alongside the secular youth who were meant to consume the culture created by the government. The result is an experimental documentary and meditation on the aftermath of the war, and especially the mourning after.</div><div><br /></div><div><hr><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><div style="">Noor Iranian Film Festival, USA, 2013</div><div style="">Iranian Film Festival Australia, Australia, 2012</div><div style="">3rd Women's Film Festival, Chennai, India, 2010</div><div style="">5th Annual Women's International Film &amp; Arts Festival South Florida, 2010</div><div style="">Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2010</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/varzi-roxanne-c389all.aspx">Varzi, Roxanne</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>