LEADER 01981ngm a22002897a 4500005 20161125135031.0 005 hubpceu 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|fas|| 003 hubpceuo 099 FL Record |f2635 100 Tamadon, Mehran, |edirector. 245 Bassidji 300 DVD-ROM (114 min.) 337 Moving image 500 Verzio Film Festival Submission 500 Duration: 01:54:00 506 Restricted access 520 The director, an Iranian living in France, travels to his native land with the aim of penetrating the intellectual world of the so-called Bassidjis - fanatical supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran. These people first emerged during the Iran-Iraq War as members of voluntary paramilitary units. To this day they continue to serve as a civil militia that is completely loyal to the ideas of the Islamic Republic. They were the ones who led the most brutal attacks on opposition demonstrators during the last Iranian elections. In filming for almost three years and recording countless interviews, the filmmaker (who is himself an atheist and the son of communist activists) attempted to understand the roots of religious fundamentalism. A large part of his film dialogue takes place at a pilgrimage site near the border with Iraq, where thousands of Iranians go every day to pay homage to the memory of those who perished during the Iran-Iraq conflict and where martyrs from the Bassidji enjoy the most respect today. 580 Verzio Film Festival Submission 655 4 Documentary films 260 France : |bUmedia, |c2009. 041 fas |jeng 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6FL_RECORD_2635_000000000000000 |70 |8FL |9149057FL |bFL |d2019-04-30 |l0 |oFL Record 2635 |pHU_OSA_00004247.mp4 |r2021-11-04 |w2019-04-30 |yDIGIFILM |zAccess Copy, MP4 format |cAudio Visual 920 01 JXdW02ok 966 True |bHU_OSA_00004247 |cDigitally Anywhere / With Registration