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Financial Times review of Coup 53 Aug 12, 2020

August 13, 2020

FT: Coup53 – compelling attempt to fill holes in Iran’s history

In anticipation of Coup 53's transatlantic virtual premiere on August 19th, the Financial Times' Raphael Abraham review of Coup 53 came out August 12, 2020. He gave the film four stars, saying: "A documentary about the western-backed ousting of Mohammad Mosaddegh is full of surprises and...

Hands at a mixing board in black and white

August 5, 2020

Filmmakers turn KWMR Radio Station into a Movie Theater

Everything about COUP 53, the explosive new documentary about the CIA/MI6 overthrow of democracy in Iran, is unique, including how it is reaching audiences in these unprecedented times. In what could be a first in cinema and radio, the film has teamed up with the Northern...

November 26, 2019

Metro: The very best of British indie kicks off the movie awards season

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)....