Rental fee: $12Discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications. Ten years in the making, Iranian director Taghi Amirani’s feature film debut is a fascinating investigation into the 1953 Anglo-American coup d’état in Iran that displaced democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossaddegh and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as shah, turning Iran into a despotic monarchy. Tracing the coup from the events leading up to it through its aftermath, Amirani and editor and cowriter Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now,&nbsp;The Godfather) uncover a wealth of secrets held for over sixty years and discovered in a trove of documents and film obtained from a 1985 British TV documentary. Assembling never-before-seen archival footage, animation, and interviews with witnesses on both sides of the conflict,&nbsp;Coup 53&nbsp;presents a chilling exposé of one of the first covert actions by the US and UK to overthrow a sitting government in order to protect “national interests,” at the expense of what could have been the largest democracy in the Middle East. — Victoria Jaschob

Coup 53

Cowritten and edited by Oscar winner Walter Murch, this documentary is a fascinating investigation into the 1953 Anglo-American coup d’état in Iran that displaced democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossaddegh and installed the despotic Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as shah. “Passionate and fearless” (Hollywood Reporter).

A Q&amp;A recorded January 7, 2021 with Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, and Taghi Amirani, moderated by Michael Moore.

COUP 53 Recorded Conversation

A Q&A recorded January 7, 2021 with Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, and Taghi Amirani, moderated by Michael Moore.

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