Albert Lamorisse — Baadeh Sabah (1970)
The following is the concise version of the article in the current issue of Bidoun (#19, Noise) which tells the incredible story behind Albert Lamorisse’s lost film:
In 1970, the Shah’s government hires Albert Lamorisse to make a documentary film about Iran using his helicopter filming technology, Helivision
Lamorisse shoots a folky, poetic, beautiful film:
The ministry rejects [...]
FLW Foundation in Karaj
Commissioned by Princess Shams Pahlavi, the Morvarid Palace was a private residence for her and her husband Mehrdad Pahlbod, then Minister of Art & Culture, in Mehrshahr, Karaj. Currently it is a Basiji recreational base or dormitory or something like this.