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Googoosh: Made of Fire
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Googoosh: Made of Fire

Oct 10, 2024
1h 34m
★ 6.8

Overview

On stage since she was a toddler, Googoosh has been an icon of Iranian pop culture since the 1970s. Her progressive style and raw singing talent attracted worldwide acclaim and saw her performing alongside the likes of Tina Turner and Ray Charles. But the star's career came to an abrupt halt after the Islamic Revolution, which banned women from singing in public. Googoosh was placed under house arrest, where she remained for the next two decades. Niloufar Taghizadeh's documentary, which includes interviews with the charismatic singer (now in her seventies, but still performing and advocating for women and girls) and arresting archival footage, offers both a loving portrait of a national icon and a fascinating historical and cultural record of Iran.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Windcatcher Productions
mindjazz pictures
ZDF/Arte

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Cast

Googoosh

Self

Googoosh

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Self

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Aref Arefkia

Self

Aref Arefkia

Raha Etemadi

Self

Raha Etemadi

Leila Forouhar

Self

Leila Forouhar

Hamid Moslehi

Self

Hamid Moslehi

Babak Saeedi

Self

Babak Saeedi

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