Ok, so I am an ignorant American.
The Green Wave is another documentary in the World Documentary competition. This one was about the 2009 elections in Iran.
How did I not know any of this had happened? I resolve to pay more attention to world politics. So here is the simplified version of the of what the film covers. In May of 2009 the majority of the people of Iran supported a new man for office instead of re-electing the one who had been in office (sorry too lazy to look of the spellings of the names). People went out to vote, but by evening, polls were starting to run out of ballots because, as it turned out, the party for the guy currently in office was stuffing the ballet box. This sparked peaceful demonstrations in the streets for a fair election, but the government sent in the police and put the smack down on the people. The result was 70 people dead, hundreds injured, and hundreds more sent to prison and tortured. The government's terrorism went on all summer long until the people finally just gave up. So the current president got to stay in power and is currently still the president.
I know! It's hard to believe that something like this can happen. I know it does, but it just always seems like stuff like this should be in the past.
Anyways, a very interesting, if depressing film. Although I do think it ended on a note of hope: that even the people who were victims of these terrible crimes against human rights still believe that their country can one day turn around.
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