Ali Shariati and the Iranian revolution

Ali Shariati, a well-known Iranian scholar whose revolutionary ideas helped form the ideological foundation of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, is the untold story. In this film, Shariati explores how the Shah’s Iran’s radical interpretation of religious thought redefined Islam as a revolutionary force in opposition to authoritarianism and repression, and how this led to an escalating generation’s need for change.

In Paris in the 1960s, Shariati was exposed to fresh concepts, including Algeria’s fight for French independence. The Shah’s secret police repeatedly imprisoned him and called him subversive.