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Mohammad Rasoulof Says Being A Political Prisoner In Iran Helped Him Direct ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’: “I Learned Many Things From Gangsters”

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Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof shares how his time as a political prisoner influenced his craft, steering him to find inspiration in the most unlikely of places.
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  • Rasoulof spent time in an Iranian prison for his political activism, an experience that he says taught him valuable lessons from
  • that he was able to apply to his filmmaking.
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Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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