Summary

Pegah Ahangurani’s “ Rehearsals for a Revolution ” is one of the year’s most powerful films, combining half a century of Iranian history with the director’s own personal story of being exiled to London. It all forms one powerful tapestry that begins with a single word: “Yad.” The Persian word for memory and remembrance ties the entire film together, allowing Ahangurani and editor Arash Ashtiani to weave timelines together under the idea that memory is its own form of revolution.

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