The Films of Maziar Bahari and the Problem with Rosewater

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Jon Stewart’s extremely earnest dramatization of Maziar Bahari’s arrest, torture, and eventual release from prison after reporting on the Green Revolution during Iran’s 2009 presidential elections may be the most accessible introduction to the Canadian-Iranian journalist’s ordeal, but Rosewater (Universal) is hardly the best representation of Bahari as a skilled journalist and educator.

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