Video Resources: Iran

Sample Art Historical Documentaries from the Iranian national TV 1960s, 1980s and 1990s

Iranian Contemporary Art, 1967.

Ways of Seeing Iranian Art, with Aydin Aghdashloo

Modern Iranian Art

A less-seen early 1970’s documentary by Iranian
director Khosrow Sinai featuring Iranian artists such
as Jalil Ziapour, Marcos Gregorian, Jazieh Tabatabai,
Morteza Katouzian, Hossein Mahjoubi, Sadegh
Barirani, and Faramarz Pilaram.

Understanding Iranian Music in a comparative context with Western Music, 1968

Ars Poetica, Sharh Haal 1347/1968

Beh sooy-e Simorgh, 1984.

First National TV Iranian art history Documentary in Iran after the revolution (Not available online)

Late 1990s and early 2000s. Documentary on Sohrab Sepehri (his art and his poetry)

Arte: Iran Oral History