{"id":215329,"date":"2025-02-01T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-oscar-nominated-film-that-forced-director-to-flee-iran\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:00:15","slug":"the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-oscar-nominated-film-that-forced-director-to-flee-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-oscar-nominated-film-that-forced-director-to-flee-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seed of the Sacred Fig &#8211; Oscar-nominated film that forced director to flee Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KluIgCL8XrE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Oscar-nominated film that forced director to flee Iran\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KluIgCL8XrE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Seed of The Sacred Fig is a film but also an act of resistance. Filmed in secret in Tehran, it&#8217;s about a newly-promoted state investigating judge, whose family is torn apart by the protests following the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.<\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>The film won the special jury prize at Cannes and an Oscar nomination. But it also earned its director, Mohammad Rasoulouf, an eight year jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Rasoulouf and many of the cast and crew managed to flee Iran &#8211; though not the actress who played the mother. But he refuses to be silenced.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnan Guru-Murthy spoke to him and lead actresses Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Malek.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seed of The Sacred Fig is a film but also an act of resistance. Filmed in secret in Tehran, it&#8217;s about a newly-promoted state investigating judge, whose family is torn apart by the protests following the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. 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