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Children's films--by which is meant movies about the young but not necessarily for them--have an honorable pedigree in Iran. The Shahrina sponsored a children's film festival for a dozen or so years before her husband was overthrown in 1979. Under the Ayatullah, as in the Pahlavi regime, Iranian films proved a valuable cultural export. Last month Majid Majidi's Children of Heaven became the first Iranian movie nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Kids Are All Right | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

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