The creator of the documentary "Qadis" protests to the Iranian Radio and Television: It was not my work.
After the film was broadcast on Channel 3, director and producer of the documentary “Qadis,” Hossein Lamei, lamented the “extermination, extermination, and slaughter” of his work on his Instagram page. He wrote: “The documentary broadcast on Channel 3 was not my work.”
On July 24, coinciding with the anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shamloo (Bamdad), a renowned contemporary poet, Iran's third television channel aired a documentary called "The Saint" by Hossein Lamee.
The documentary is about Iranian literary greats such as Nima Youshij, Forough Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, and Ahmad Shamloo. However, the filmmaker wrote in a protest posted on his Instagram that the film was “slaughtered.”
Hossein Lamei wrote: "Tonight, the documentary "Qadis" was broadcast on Channel 3 in a situation that bore no resemblance to the documentary I made. My "Qadis" was 73 minutes long, but the documentary that was broadcast is 50 minutes long! About 23 minutes of it have been cut out, not censored, but slaughtered. They have been exterminated. They have been destroyed. Did I make a sex documentary that was torn to pieces like this?!"
The documentary maker explained in his protest text that his film was about Forough Farrokhzad, Nima, Ebrahim Golestan, and the greats of Iranian literature and art, and that he dedicated it to Ebrahim Golestan and Nima, but Channel 3 removed 23 minutes of it "plan by plan."
Apparently, since Iranian television aired the film on the anniversary of Shamloo's death, it shortened the other parts. Lamee wrote that "I stand by my criticisms of Shamloo as well."
The broadcast of this film on Iranian TV Channel 3, which apparently at least the part that was broadcast against Ahmad Shamloust, was met with a lot of criticism on social media. Journalist Yashar Soltani wrote on Twitter: "Foroughi is a good gene in the hands of Haddad Adel Gandu. He single-handedly destroys the audience of the national media by killing Adel, and he grows the audience by throwing Mazdak at the foreign media, and he disgusts the rest of the audience by pointing his finger at Shamloust. What cultural influencer could do so much destructive activity against Iran?"
Another user, Amir Raeifard, also wrote on Twitter: "The management team of the 3Sima network, led by Foroughi, is attacking Ahmad Shamlou in the most despicable way possible. The rootless fools should know that as long as the world exists, Shamlou will remain, and it is the thieves, embezzlers, and infiltrators who will be forgotten."
On Wednesday, August 2nd, while the documentary was being broadcast on Channel 3 of the Iranian Broadcasting Corporation, when fans of Shamlu were planning to visit his grave, they were stopped by security officers.
The Iranian Writers' Association had previously issued a call to commemorate Shamloo, but according to eyewitnesses, the guards closed the doors of Imamzadeh Taher and prevented those present from entering the cemetery.
It has been 19 years since Ahmad Shamloo's death. His tombstone in Imamzadeh Taher has been attacked and broken many times. Gatherings at his grave have also been banned and sometimes arrested every year.
Source: DW
