{"id":1475,"date":"2015-11-03T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2015-11-02T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T14:33:47","slug":"struggles-for-freedom-series-rosewater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/struggles-for-freedom-series-rosewater\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggles for Freedom Series: “Rosewater”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, 4 November, 7pm<\/strong> – “Rosewater” (2015) will be screened as part of a series of talks and films sponsored by the Political Science Department. These events are made possible through generous grants provided by the Betty Ritchie-Birrer ’47 and Ivan Birrer Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n

Watch the trailer here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGOYHIqmmiM<\/a><\/p>\n

From the NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"MV5BNjY1NjQ1NjMzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzU0Mjc1MjE@._V1_SX214_AL_\"<\/a>Among its virtues, \u201cRosewater,\u201d<\/a> the directorial debut of Jon Stewart<\/a>, is an argument for filmmakers to start their trade after they\u2019ve looked beyond the limits of their own horizons. This fictional movie tells the story of the real Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-born journalist living in London who was arrested in Iran while covering the 2009 elections for Newsweek. Accused of being an agent for foreign intelligence organizations, he was thrown into the Evin Prison, where he was interrogated and beaten, partly for the surreal reason that he had appeared on \u201cThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart.\u201d Mr. Stewart\u2019s interest in the material is obviously personal, but his movie transcends mere self-interest.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Stewart adapted the movie from Mr. Bahari\u2019s 2011 memoir, which was written with Aimee Molloy and published as \u201cThen They Came for Me\u201d but has been promotionally repackaged as \u201cRosewater.\u201d<\/a> The book\u2019s original title echoes the oft-quoted line<\/a> from the German pastor Martin Niem\u00f6ller, \u201cThen they came for me \u2014 and there was no one left to speak for me.\u201d As a famous call to speaking out (originally against Nazism), it underscores the universal tug of Mr. Bahari\u2019s ordeal even as it carries the complicating weight of the Holocaust. \u201cRosewater\u201d is the better title, partly because, as Mr. Stewart makes clear, it\u2019s the specifics of Mr. Bahari\u2019s story \u2014 his voice, memories, fantasies, ghosts and abiding love of Leonard Cohen \u2014 that distinguishes it…<\/p>\n

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