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4 days ago · Marjane Satrapi is the author of Persepolis, an autobiographical graphic series, which has won international awards and sold more than two million copies worldwide. After writing two other prize-winning books — Embroidery and Chicken with Plums — she devoted herself to cinema and painting.
1 day ago · Marjane Satrapi. French Iranian filmmaker and author best known for her graphic novel Persepolis. Story Jul 08, 2024.
1 day ago · For more, we continue with Marjane Satrapi, French Iranian filmmaker, author of Woman, Life, Freedom. And in Tehran, we’re joined by Reza Sayah, freelance journalist, correspondent for France 24, Al Jazeera and CNN. We welcome you both back to Democracy Now! Reza Sayah, talk about who the new president is.
1 day ago · 3) Persepolis: The Power of Stories by Marjane Satrapi (2007) "Persepolis: The Power of Stories" is a compelling documentary about Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed graphic memoir "Persepolis." This film vividly explores her journey as she navigates the complex landscape of post-revolutionary Iran.
5 days ago · Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi’s coming of age in Iran and Austria in the years surrounding the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Satrapi is 10 years old when she and her classmates are suddenly separated by sex and the girls are made to wear the veil (hijab), according to the new government’s laws.
5 days ago · Marjane Satrapi lived through the Iranian Revolution as a little girl. This is her classic memoir-in-comic-strips, the story of a child entangled in the history and politics of her country. It paints an unforgettable portra ...
3 days ago · Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” and Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” all amazed me with their ability to combine deeply-personal intergenerational memoirs with ...
