Jafar Panahi Had to Miss NYFF Premiere Due to US Government Shutdown
As our own Anne Thompson told it best in her recent profile of “It Was Just an Accident” filmmaker and beloved Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi: “Over the past 15 years, (he) has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films” by his native country. Next up for…