The Green Wave

Name: The Green Wave
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 10, 2012
Rating: 67

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Red Flag Releasing (RFR) | Release Date: August 10, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: A documentary-collage illustrating the dramatic events during last year's Green Revolution in Iran. Facebook reports, Twitter messages, videos posted on the internet and hundreds of real blog entries served as reference for the fictional 'storylines' of the film. (Red Flag Releasing)

Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

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Kenneth Turan

Aug 9, 2012

The most compelling aspect of The Green Wave, however, is the extensive footage shot clandestinely by amateurs using cellphones. What they recorded shows us the reality of what went down in a way nothing else can match. Read full review

Tom Dawson

Aug 6, 2012

Heartfelt and inventive, this documentary from exiled director Ali Samadi Ahadi chronicles Iran's abortive Green Revolution during the summer of 2009. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Aug 7, 2012

That Ahadi and his team were able to safely compile, let alone edit together, this much ground-level footage is a feat in and of itself; that it comes together in such a compelling manner makes it almost vital. Read full review

Empire Staff (Not credited)

Aug 6, 2012

A worthy topic that deserves a slightly better documentary. Read full review

R. Emmet Sweeney

Aug 14, 2012

Only the animation seems forced, with its comic-book style and melodramatic tone registering as manipulative next to the brute reality of the documentary images. Read full review

Lauren Wissot

Aug 6, 2012

Unlike Waltz with Bashir, it only seems to be using animation in an effort to make blog diaries by twentysomethings appear cinematic. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Aug 6, 2012

Mixed-media approach is eye-catching, and the subject is unquestionably powerful, but the sentimental score and stridently drawn imagery detract from picture's impact. Read full review

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