Crumbs of human rights

Keywan Karimi’s new film Writing on the City ​had its first official screening ​just a couple of days ago, on 12 February​ ​at the Spanish Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival in Pamplona . However, the director ​wasn​'​t​ ​present: Karimi is ​in Iran, awaiting the outcome of his appeal ​against his six-year prison sentence. The hour-long film is “ a historic journey in terms of an essay through the use of murals and political paintings in Tehran ”. Through the graffiti and wall paintings the past of the city revives: The audience can learn about forgotten events, that the locals couldn’t express otherwise, due to the regime’s repression. In those artworks freedom of expression and idea can thrive. However, as Karimi said in an interview with the Times of India , “ [The authorities] say it is a propaganda against the government. ” He goes on saying: “Some picture[s] and archive photo[s] are [from] some period in Iran that the government hates.” But becau...