Championed by Werner Herzog, this doc lays bare the West’s complicity in the 1953 coup that brought down Iran’s elected prime minister. If you’re looking for something encouraging about the UK’s standing in the world, ‘Coup 53’ may not be it, but for a pungent...
We increasingly love a lot of the documentaries getting cinema releases and the COUP 53 trailer is intriguing and here’s a novel way to see it. The debut feature documentary thriller by Iranian director Taghi Amirani will receive a unique digital release on 19th August 2020, the 67th...
Their main rival is the mighty Coup 53, an astonishing feat of film-making from Taghi Amirani about the 1953 Anglo-American Iranian coup, edited by the legendary Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now)....
Roham Alvandi and Mark J. Gasiorowski argue in Foreign Policy that "Despite a campaign of historical revisionism in Washington, the archival record makes clear that the U.S. government was the key actor in the 1953 coup that ousted Mohammad Mosaddeq—not the Iranian clergy. "Taghi Amirani’s film...
"Filmmaker Taghi Amirani calls them the documents that changed the fate of his country, casting light on Britain's role in organising the overthrow of Iran's leader six decades ago. His film, "Coup 53", screened at the London Film Festival last weekend, purports to find fresh evidence...
Deadline has the scoop of Coup53's trailer. "Here’s a first teaser trailer for Telluride and London Film Festival film Coup 53, a forensic documentary telling the story of Operation Ajax, the CIA/MI6 staged coup in 1953 in Iran that overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh." Read more...
We are thrilled to announce the European Premiere of Coup53 at the British Film Institute London Film Festival 2019 (BFI). The film is competing for the The Grierson Award. This award recognises films with integrity, originality, and social or cultural significance. Due to overwhelming demand, the...