Author: Hadani Ditmars

“I felt like I was 14 again. I was no longer a film director — just a girl who was a fan,” begins filmmaker Niloufar Taghizadeh about meeting the subject of her documentary Googoosh: Made of Fire. Niloufar’s latest cinematic offering is part fan film part socio-political history of the last half-century in Iran. The film explores the life of Iranian pop star Googoosh, showcasing her journey from mid-century Tehran to her exile in the West, intertwining concert footage, images of revolution, and the recent Women, Life, Freedom movement. Like her troubled nation, Googoosh is a symbol of survival. Niloufar,…