February 28, 2018
Release Date

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Writing on the City (2018)

Name: Writing on the City
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-02-28

Running Time

February 28, 2018
Release Date

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Plot.

The formation of a city named Tehran goes back to 200 years ago. Before that it was a small village resting between surrounding mountains. Many political and social events have happened in this course of time that all have left their trace on the walls of this city. Nevertheless, since the inception of the Islamic revolution in 1979 to now, written slogans on the walls and murals have experienced different forms and concepts. These events range from Revolution, Iran-Iraq war, economic reconstruction period to Reform and 2009 uprising.

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Cast & Crew.

Keywan Karimi

Writer / Director

Farahnaz Sharifi

Narrator

Arastoo Givi

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
February 28, 2018

Original Name
Neveshtan bar shahr

Status
Released

Running Time
1h

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

Writing on the City (Persian: نوشتن بر شهر, translit. Neveshtan bar Shahr) is a 60 minutes documentary film about graffiti in Tehran by Iranian Independent filmmaker Keywan Karimi. The Karimi started working on the documentary in 2012 and completed it in August 2015. It has since been edited several times and has been shown in several film festivals.

Karimi arrested in 2013 by Revolutionary Guard Corps and in October 2015 sentenced by the Islamic Revolutionary Court to six years imprisonment and 223 Lashes for "propagating against the Islamic Republic" and "insulting religious sanctities.