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With the Iran war leading global headlines, Taghi Amirani's Coup 53 returns to the big screen. Ten years in the making, it tells the story of the Anglo-American coup that overthrew Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah. The original regime change.
While making a documentary about the CIA/MI6 coup in Iran, Iranian director Taghi Amirani and editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) discover never seen before archive material hidden for decades.
The 16mm footage and documents not only allow the filmmakers to tell the story of the overthrow of the Iranian government in unprecedented detail, but also lead to explosive revelations about dark secrets that, until recently, had been buried for more than 70 years.
What begins as a history documentary about four days in August 1953 turns into a live investigation, taking the filmmakers into uncharted cinematic waters. The roots of Iran’s volatile relationship with Britain and America has never been so forensically and dramatically exposed.
Screening times and booking
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings.
Prices
Adult: £9
Senior: £7
Student: £7
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings.
Prices
Adult: £9
Senior: £7
Student: £7