Rehearsals for a Revolution: In Search of What Remains

Yād, the Persian word for memory, carries a meaning that goes beyond simple recollection. As filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani explains in the opening of Rehearsals for a Revolution, it evokes the past returning to the present. In the documentary, Ahangarani turns to the people who have shaped her life, revisiting their memories to make sense of her own identi…