Global Voices

Before the Revolution

Season 7 Episode 12 | 54m 55s  | Video has closed captioning.

Using exclusive 8mm footage and archival television clips, an Israeli filmmaker explores his family’s dramatic experiences in Iran in the late ’70s, when thousands of Israelis lived in Tehran and found themselves in the middle of the Islamist revolution. <i>Before the Revolution</i> tracks one of the first modern popular uprisings in the Middle East through the people who experienced it firsthand.

Aired: 08/18/14

Expired: 08/01/16

Rating: TV-PG

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