Iran / a CTVC production ; written and presented by John McCarthy ; written and directed by Geoff Dunlop.

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"In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is recreated based on fundamentalist Islamic principles, a...

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Uniform Title:Faultlines (Television program). Selections.
Faultlines, the search for political and religious links.
Main Author: Chilver, Paul (Composer)
Corporate Authors: CTVC (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: McCarthy, John, 1956- (Originator, Narrator)
Dunlop, Geoff (Originator, Director)
Bruce, Ray (Raymond) (Producer)
Mansi, Bruno (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004.
Series:Faultlines, the search for political and religious links.
Subjects:
Democracy > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islamic fundamentalism > Iran.
Islam and politics > Iran.
Iran > Politics and government.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is recreated based on fundamentalist Islamic principles, and whether its society should be open and democratic or oppressed and authoritarian. From Iran's chaotic capital Tehran to its holy city of Qom, Iranians share their thoughts on life before the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, the brutal eight-year war with Iraq, and the struggle Islamic reformers face against hard-line Muslims to establish a progressive government in place of a Republic they believe has lost its way"--Container.
Note:Title from container.
Originally produced as motion picture in 2003.
Videorecording.
Call Number:BP173.7 .I72 2004 VideoDVD
Credits:Series producer, Ray Bruce ; editor, Bruno Mansi ; music, Paul Chilver.
System Details:DVD-R.
Participant or Performer:
Host, John McCarthy.