I had the opportunity to watch this film at a Fresno State University screening organized by a MCJ professor. It is an incredible documentary that focuses on the Iranian coup of 1953, a coup that was planned and organized by British and American forces. Have you ever heard of former Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh? If not, this film will be a revelation. Director Taghi Amirani spent ten years on this project and he discovered so many hidden and long-suppressed details about the events leading up to the coup. He spent hours pouring over official government records retrieved from helpful archivists, filming interviews with other researchers, gathering first-hand accounts from people who stood at the periphery of the events, and even digitizing decades-old records that had long been removed from public memory. The result is this outstanding documentary of a "hidden history" that unreservedly deserves to come to light.
Review of Coup 53
