| Title |
Googoosh : Iran's daughter. |
| OCLC |
kan1137551 |
| Music number |
1137551 Kanopy |
| Publisher |
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 159 min.) |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Googoosh.
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Women singers -- Biography.
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Social Issues -- Gender Politics -- Iran.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Documentary films.
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| Chronology/place |
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2000. |
| Summary |
Googoosh was Iran's most famous and beloved pop diva, until she was silenced following the 1979 Islamic revolution when female singers were labeled temptresses and forbidden to release records or perform publicly in the presence of men. In this award-winning documentary from First Run Features, Googoosh: Iran's Daughter, Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani provides a thoughtful examination of the phenomenon of Googoosh. Made during the time when Googoosh was forbidden to grant interviews or perform, the film artfully pieces together clips from Googooshs career on stage and screen, creating a portrait of a woman who is a cultural icon for a country trapped between tradition and modernization. The rise and fall of her careerfrom her beginnings as a child star prodded by her entertainer father, up to and including her twenty years of silenceis placed in the political and historical context of the ever changing status of women in Iran. Zamani explores his enigmatic subject through interviews with close friends and family, including her only son. And although still banned from performing in her homeland, Googoosh has recently rekindled the hearts of Iranians living abroad on the international touring circuit with sold out shows at such venues as: the Staples Center, Wembly Stadium, and the Air Canada Arena in Toronto. WINNER! - Vancouver Iranian Film Festival. "Googoosh: Iran's Daughter is a most-fascinating film." - Global Rhythm Magazine. "A fascinating portrayal of a woman embodying something more than that uneasy mélange of star power and vulnerability that Western voyeurs witnessed in the arc of Marilyn and Elvis, Marvin or Janis. Googoosh is a proper noun, a verb, and an adjective" - The Asian Reporter. |
| System details note |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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