One Image, Two Acts

One Image, Two Acts 2020 Directed by Sanaz Sohrabi یک تصویر، دو برداشت

One Image, Two Acts examines the photographic archives of British Petroleum during its operations in Iran, unraveling BP’s widespread construction of cinemas in the oil towns of Iran. The film is a coalescence of infrastructures, images, and archives of oil wherein cinematic time and geological time mobilize different sites, temporalities, and numerous material modalities in the colonial episteme.

Countries Canada , Iran

Production Countries Canada , Germany , Iran , USA

Language Persian

Spoken Languages English , Persian

Gnere Documentary

Release Date 12 November 2020

45 mins