The Green Wave

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| date = February 2019

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| name = The Green Wave

| image = The Green Wave poster.jpg

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| caption = Film poster

| director = Ali Samadi Ahadi

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| writer = Ali Samadi Ahadi, Oliver Stoltz

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| editing = Barbara Toennieshen

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| released = {{Film date|2010|10|05|Hamburg}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = Iran, Germany

| language = German, English, Persian

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The Green Wave is a 2010 documentary film directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi. It covers the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and human rights violations in Iran.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ali-samadi-ahadi.de/ali-samadi-ahadi.de/Willkommen.html|title=Ali Samadi Ahadi|website=www.ali-samadi-ahadi.de|access-date=2019-02-11}} The film premiered at the 2010 Filmfest Hamburg.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/programm/Film/5104/The_Green_Wave|title=Filmfest Hamburg 2010 - The Green Wave|work=www.filmfesthamburg.de|accessdate=14 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/2011/the-green-wave|title=The Green Wave|work=www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org|accessdate=14 June 2020}}

== Synopsis ==

The film portrays the actions of the Iranian government, under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as it deals with backlash from citizens following the allegedly fraudulent results of the 2009 Iranian presidential elections. The film includes Facebook posts, Tweets and video in order to tell the story.{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/1.596701|title=Im Kino: "The Green Wave": Der kurze Sommer der Hoffnung in Iran|last=Lueken|first=Verena|work=FAZ.NET|access-date=2018-12-15|language=de|issn=0174-4909}}{{cite news |last1=Macnab |first1=Geoffrey |title=Iran's green revolution in animation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/20/iran-animation-the-green-wave |accessdate=9 February 2019 |agency=The Guardian}}