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'''''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva''''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: سخن از هایده / ''Sokhan az Hayedeh'') is a 2009 [[documentary film]] about the late [[Iran]]ian iconic singer [[Hayedeh]], made by the exiled musician and journalist [[Pejman Akbarzadeh]] in [[The Netherlands]]. |
'''''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva''''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: سخن از هایده / ''Sokhan az Hayedeh'') is a 2009 [[documentary film]] about the late [[Iran]]ian iconic singer [[Hayedeh]], made by the exiled musician and journalist [[Pejman Akbarzadeh]] in [[The Netherlands]].<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/11173/Hayedeh--Legendary-Persian-Diva|title=Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva |last=|first= |date=December 15, 2012|work=Culture Unplugged Festival |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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The 100-minute documentary was filmed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The language of the film is [[Persian language|Persian]]. |
The 100-minute documentary was filmed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The language of the film is [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref> {{cite news|url=http://hayedehdocumentary.com/en/synopsis.html|title=Hayedeh Documentary Synopsis |last=|first= |date=January 4, 2010|work=Official Website of Hayedeh Documentary |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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Hayedeh documentary was released on 20 January 2010, the 20th death anniversary of Hayedeh. The DVD was released by ''Persian Dutch Network'' in Amsterdam.<ref> {{cite news|url=http://mag.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2010/02/101024.php|title=Release of Hayedeh Documentary by Persian Dutch Network |last=|first= |date=March 7, 2010|work=Gooya News (in Persian) |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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Hayedeh documentary was released on 20 January 2010, the 20th death anniversary of Hayedeh. The DVD was released by ''Persian Dutch Network'' in Amsterdam. |
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== Content == |
== Content == |
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''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' contains an extensive review of the singers's artistic activities beginning in the late 1960s at Radio [[Tehran]] and ending in 1990 in [[California]]. |
''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' contains an extensive review of the singers's artistic activities beginning in the late 1960s at Radio [[Tehran]] and ending in 1990 in [[California]]. |
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[[Image:Andranik Parviz Rahmanpanah Pejman Los Angeles April 2008.jpg|thumb|230px|Andranik, Parviz Rahman-Panah, Pejman Akbarzadeh (during making the documentary), Los Angeles, 2008]] |
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''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' looks at Hayedeh's career against the backdrop of political and social upheaval in Persia as the nation went from [[Pahlavi dynasty|monarchy]] to [[1979 revolution|revolution]] to protracted [[Iran-Iraq war|war]] that forced many of its best and brightest into exile. In one of the first frames of the documentary, the director writes: |
''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' looks at Hayedeh's career against the backdrop of political and social upheaval in Persia as the nation went from [[Pahlavi dynasty|monarchy]] to [[1979 revolution|revolution]] to protracted [[Iran-Iraq war|war]] that forced many of its best and brightest into exile. In one of the first frames of the documentary, the director writes: |
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"''Since the [[1979 revolution]] in [[Persia]] ([[Iran]]), which brought a fundamentalist religious government to power, women have not been allowed to sing in public. All Persian women singers were forced to end their careers and many of them moved abroad to sing. Hayedeh (1942-1990) was one of those who fled Iran''." |
"''Since the [[1979 revolution]] in [[Persia]] ([[Iran]]), which brought a fundamentalist religious government to power, women have not been allowed to sing in public. All Persian women singers were forced to end their careers and many of them moved abroad to sing. Hayedeh (1942-1990) was one of those who fled Iran''."<ref> {{cite news|url=http://thehollandtimes.nl/article/675/|title=Persian diva immortalised in film |last=|first= |date=July 13, 2013|work=Holland Times |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' includes rare videos, audio clips, photos, and original interviews with the main figures of her career: the songwriters [[Andranik]], [[Mohammad Heydari]], [[Anooshirvan Rohani]], [[Farid Zoland]], [[Sadegh Nojouki]], producer [[Manouchehr Bibiyan]], conductor [[Farnoush Behzad]], music critic [[Mahmoud Khoshnam]], tar soloist [[Parviz Rahman-Panah]], and the last Persian queen [[Farah Pahlavi]]. |
''Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva'' includes rare videos, audio clips, photos, and original interviews with the main figures of her career: the songwriters [[Andranik]], [[Mohammad Heydari]], [[Anooshirvan Rohani]], [[Farid Zoland]], [[Sadegh Nojouki]], producer [[Manouchehr Bibiyan]], conductor [[Farnoush Behzad]], music critic [[Mahmoud Khoshnam]], tar soloist [[Parviz Rahman-Panah]], and the last Persian queen [[Farah Pahlavi]].<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/09/apr/1217.html|title=US Premier of HAYEDEH Documentary |last=|first= |date=April 20, 2009|work=Payvand News |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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Archival interviews of the lyricist [[Leila Kasra]] (Hedieh), singers [[Mahasti]], [[Moein]], [[Martik]], and cinema actor [[Parviz Sayyad]] have been used to the film as well. |
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The documentary has been dedicated to the memory of Amir Zamanifar, a close friend of Pejman Akbarzadeh and [[Radio Farda]]'s correspondent in [[Prague]] who was killed in a car crash in 2009. |
The documentary has been dedicated to the memory of Amir Zamanifar, a close friend of Pejman Akbarzadeh and [[Radio Farda]]'s correspondent in [[Prague]] who was killed in a car crash in 2009. |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
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[[Image:HayedehDocumentaryPremiereAMsterdamJan09.JPG|thumb| |
[[Image:HayedehDocumentaryPremiereAMsterdamJan09.JPG|thumb|230px|Documentary premiere in Amsterdam, January 2009]] |
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⚫ | ''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' for the first time was screened on January 24, 2009 at Griffioen Cultural Center, associated to [[Amsterdam]] [[Vrije Universiteit]]. The event was organized on the occasion of 19th Anniversary of Hayedeh's death in exile. Holland's [[Iranians in the Netherlands|Persian community]] and US-/Europe-based Persian-language media warmly received the event. Before the screening, [[Voice of America]]'s Persian TV, [[BBC Persian]] Radio, [[Radio Farda]], etc. interviewed the director and broadcast the trailer.<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2009/10/091024_hayedeh.shtml|title=Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh |last=Afshang|first=Maryam |date=October 24, 2009|work=BBC Persian Service |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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⚫ | In April 2009 the documentary was screened in an event organized by Rahaward Cultural Center in [[Aachen]]. In the German city some leftist Persian immigrants boycotted the event. [[Deutsche Welle]] correspondent wrote: "About 25 people were present for viewing the film, which was a source of bewilderment and disenchantment of the filmmaker and organizers of the event."<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.dw.de/نمایش-فیلم-مستند-سخن-از-هایده-در-آخن/a-4152515|title=Hayedeh Documentary Screening in Aachen |last=Ghahari|first=Keivandokht |date=April 4, 2009|work=Deutsche Welle Persian Service |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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⚫ | ''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' for the first time was screened on January 24, 2009 at Griffioen Cultural Center, associated to [[Amsterdam]] [[Vrije Universiteit]]. The event was organized on the occasion of 19th Anniversary of Hayedeh's death in exile. Holland's [[Iranians in the Netherlands|Persian community]] and US-/Europe-based Persian-language media warmly received the event. Before the screening, [[Voice of America]]'s Persian TV, [[BBC Persian]] Radio, [[Radio Farda]], etc. interviewed the director and broadcast the trailer. |
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⚫ | In April 2009 the documentary was screened in an event organized by Rahaward Cultural Center in [[Aachen]]. In the German city some leftist Persian immigrants boycotted the event. [[Deutsche Welle]] correspondent wrote: "About 25 people were present for viewing the film, which was a source of bewilderment and disenchantment of the filmmaker and organizers of the event." |
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''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' had its sold-out US premiere at the 3rd [[Noor Film Festival]] in Los Angeles on May 1, 2009. After the screening, [[Persian-American]] Hollywood director [[Reza Badiyi]], in an interview with [[Homa Sarshar]] on Radio 670 KIRN, described itt as a "Chapter on the beauties of Hayedeh life". |
''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' had its sold-out US premiere at the 3rd [[Noor Film Festival]] in Los Angeles on May 1, 2009. After the screening, [[Persian-American]] Hollywood director [[Reza Badiyi]], in an interview with [[Homa Sarshar]] on Radio 670 KIRN, described itt as a "Chapter on the beauties of Hayedeh life". The documentary was also nominated as the "best documentary" at Noor Film Festival but according to BBC Persian TV's Aslan Hafezi: "Presentation of unveiled information in the film caused the objections of some of Hayedeh’s relations and fans."<ref> {{cite news|url=http://mag.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2010/02/101024.php|title=Release of Hayedeh Documentary by Persian Dutch Network |last=|first= |date=March 7, 2010|work=Gooya News (in Persian) |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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⚫ | ''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' was also screened at the 9th [[International Exile Film Festival]] in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] in October 2009. Following the sold-out screening at Hagabion Hall and in a review for BBC Persian website, [[Hooman Khalatbari]], a [[Graz]]-based opera conductor, wrote: "''this is the first Persian documentary which covers all aspects of a singer's career and almost all important figures in the singer's artistic activity are present there''". The opera conductor also wrote: "''I believe Hayedeh's work will remain as a cultural memento for the next Persian generations''".."<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/10/091024_maf_iran_music_haideh_akbarzadeh.shtml|title=Hayedeh and a God Given Voice |last=Khalatbari|first=Hooman |date=October 25, 2009|work=BBC Persian Service |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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The documentary was also nominated as the "best documentary" at Noor Film Festival but according to BBC Persian TV's Aslan Hafezi: "Presentation of unveiled information in the film caused the objections of some of Hayedeh’s relations and fans." |
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''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' was also screened in December 2009 at the 4th [[Iranian Film Festival]] in [[Zaandam]], Holland.<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.iraansfilmfestival.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&lang=en&id=186|title=Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva |last=|first= |date=December 10, 2009|work=Iraans Film Festival |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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⚫ | ''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' was also screened at the 9th [[International Exile Film Festival]] in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] in October 2009. Following the sold-out screening at Hagabion Hall and in a review for BBC Persian website, [[Hooman Khalatbari]], a [[Graz]]-based opera conductor, wrote: "''this is the first Persian documentary which covers all aspects of a singer's career and almost all important figures in the singer's artistic activity are present there''". The opera conductor also wrote: "''I believe Hayedeh's work will remain as a cultural memento for the next Persian generations''". |
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⚫ | The documentary was screened at the 8th International Festival of Iranian Cinema in Exile in Paris in April 2010 and will also be presented at the Iranian Festival in Seattle in June 2010.<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=14997|title=Hayedeh Documentary Screening at 8th International Festival of Exiled Iranian Cinema |last=|first= |date=March 30, 2010|work=Peyke Iran |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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''Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva'' was also screened in December 2009 at the 4th [[Iranian Film Festival]] in [[Zaandam]], Holland. The announcement of the screening was published in the national Dutch newspaper [[Volkskrant]]. |
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In May 2010 the leftist [[Israel]]i newspaper [[Haaretz]] published a comprehensive article about the film by [[Noam Ben-Zeev]], a professor at [[University of Haifa]]. Ben-Zeev cited the documentary as a film which shows the "Rise and Fall of Hayedeh".<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,48934,.aspx|title=A Diva from Persia: Rise and Fall of Hayedeh / האיידה: הדיווה מפרס |last=Ben-Zeev|first=Noam |date=March 3, 2010|work=Haaretz (in Hebrew) |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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In July 2013, ''Holland Times'' wrote about the film: "Through a mixture of original footage dating back as far as the 1960s as well as contemporary interviews, the viewer is given great insight into the musical make up of Persia at the time..." <ref> {{cite news|url=http://thehollandtimes.nl/article/675/persian-diva-immortalised-in-film|title=Persian diva immortalised in film |last=|first= |date=july 13, 2013|work=The Holland Times |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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In May 2010 the leftist [[Israel]]i newspaper [[Haaretz]] published a comprehensive article about the film by [[Noam Ben-Zeev]], a professor at [[University of Haifa]]. |
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== Reaction from Iran's Governmental Media == |
== Reaction from Iran's Governmental Media == |
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In September 2009 the semi-official [[Fars News Agency]] in Tehran criticized Pejman Akbarzadeh for making a film about the "'''corrupt monarchist singer, Hayedeh'''". |
In September 2009 the semi-official [[Fars News Agency]] in Tehran criticized Pejman Akbarzadeh for making a film about the "'''corrupt monarchist singer, Hayedeh'''".<ref> {{cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8806160889|title=Introducing Radio Zamaneh Producers: Pejman Akbarzadeh |last=|first= |date=July 6, 2009|work=Fars News Agency |accessdate=2013-08-21}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBR5da8LsYs Documentary Trailer] (YouTube) |
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* [http://www.payvand.com/news/09/jan/1043.html First Documentary on "HAYEDEH, Legendary Persian Diva"] (Payvand News) |
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* [http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=WrUUp1YkY0M Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh about the documentary] (Voice of America Persian TV) |
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* [http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/apr/name-love Hayedeh documentary Review (iranian.com/DW)] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdVjY894zA BBC Persian TV Report on Hayedeh documentary screening in Los Angeles] |
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* [http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8806160889 Fars News Agency article about Pejman Akbarzadeh] (in Persian) |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
Revision as of 18:53, 21 July 2013
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Directed by | Pejman Akbarzadeh |
Produced by | Pejman Akbarzadeh |
Edited by | Mostafa Heravi, Gregory Macousi |
Distributed by | Persian Dutch Network |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Languages | Persian Hebrew |
Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva (Persian: سخن از هایده / Sokhan az Hayedeh) is a 2009 documentary film about the late Iranian iconic singer Hayedeh, made by the exiled musician and journalist Pejman Akbarzadeh in The Netherlands.[1]
The 100-minute documentary was filmed in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. The language of the film is Persian.[2]
Hayedeh documentary was released on 20 January 2010, the 20th death anniversary of Hayedeh. The DVD was released by Persian Dutch Network in Amsterdam.[3]
Content
Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva contains an extensive review of the singers's artistic activities beginning in the late 1960s at Radio Tehran and ending in 1990 in California.
Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva looks at Hayedeh's career against the backdrop of political and social upheaval in Persia as the nation went from monarchy to revolution to protracted war that forced many of its best and brightest into exile. In one of the first frames of the documentary, the director writes: "Since the 1979 revolution in Persia (Iran), which brought a fundamentalist religious government to power, women have not been allowed to sing in public. All Persian women singers were forced to end their careers and many of them moved abroad to sing. Hayedeh (1942-1990) was one of those who fled Iran."[4]
Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva includes rare videos, audio clips, photos, and original interviews with the main figures of her career: the songwriters Andranik, Mohammad Heydari, Anooshirvan Rohani, Farid Zoland, Sadegh Nojouki, producer Manouchehr Bibiyan, conductor Farnoush Behzad, music critic Mahmoud Khoshnam, tar soloist Parviz Rahman-Panah, and the last Persian queen Farah Pahlavi.[5]
The documentary has been dedicated to the memory of Amir Zamanifar, a close friend of Pejman Akbarzadeh and Radio Farda's correspondent in Prague who was killed in a car crash in 2009.
Reception
Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva for the first time was screened on January 24, 2009 at Griffioen Cultural Center, associated to Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit. The event was organized on the occasion of 19th Anniversary of Hayedeh's death in exile. Holland's Persian community and US-/Europe-based Persian-language media warmly received the event. Before the screening, Voice of America's Persian TV, BBC Persian Radio, Radio Farda, etc. interviewed the director and broadcast the trailer.[6]
In April 2009 the documentary was screened in an event organized by Rahaward Cultural Center in Aachen. In the German city some leftist Persian immigrants boycotted the event. Deutsche Welle correspondent wrote: "About 25 people were present for viewing the film, which was a source of bewilderment and disenchantment of the filmmaker and organizers of the event."[7]
Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva had its sold-out US premiere at the 3rd Noor Film Festival in Los Angeles on May 1, 2009. After the screening, Persian-American Hollywood director Reza Badiyi, in an interview with Homa Sarshar on Radio 670 KIRN, described itt as a "Chapter on the beauties of Hayedeh life". The documentary was also nominated as the "best documentary" at Noor Film Festival but according to BBC Persian TV's Aslan Hafezi: "Presentation of unveiled information in the film caused the objections of some of Hayedeh’s relations and fans."[8]
Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva was also screened at the 9th International Exile Film Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden in October 2009. Following the sold-out screening at Hagabion Hall and in a review for BBC Persian website, Hooman Khalatbari, a Graz-based opera conductor, wrote: "this is the first Persian documentary which covers all aspects of a singer's career and almost all important figures in the singer's artistic activity are present there". The opera conductor also wrote: "I believe Hayedeh's work will remain as a cultural memento for the next Persian generations".."[9]
Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva was also screened in December 2009 at the 4th Iranian Film Festival in Zaandam, Holland.[10]
The documentary was screened at the 8th International Festival of Iranian Cinema in Exile in Paris in April 2010 and will also be presented at the Iranian Festival in Seattle in June 2010.[11]
In May 2010 the leftist Israeli newspaper Haaretz published a comprehensive article about the film by Noam Ben-Zeev, a professor at University of Haifa. Ben-Zeev cited the documentary as a film which shows the "Rise and Fall of Hayedeh".[12]
In July 2013, Holland Times wrote about the film: "Through a mixture of original footage dating back as far as the 1960s as well as contemporary interviews, the viewer is given great insight into the musical make up of Persia at the time..." [13]
Reaction from Iran's Governmental Media
In September 2009 the semi-official Fars News Agency in Tehran criticized Pejman Akbarzadeh for making a film about the "corrupt monarchist singer, Hayedeh".[14]
References
- ^ "Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva". Culture Unplugged Festival. December 15, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Hayedeh Documentary Synopsis". Official Website of Hayedeh Documentary. January 4, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Release of Hayedeh Documentary by Persian Dutch Network". Gooya News (in Persian). March 7, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Persian diva immortalised in film". Holland Times. July 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "US Premier of HAYEDEH Documentary". Payvand News. April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Afshang, Maryam (October 24, 2009). "Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh". BBC Persian Service. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Ghahari, Keivandokht (April 4, 2009). "Hayedeh Documentary Screening in Aachen". Deutsche Welle Persian Service. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Release of Hayedeh Documentary by Persian Dutch Network". Gooya News (in Persian). March 7, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Khalatbari, Hooman (October 25, 2009). "Hayedeh and a God Given Voice". BBC Persian Service. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva". Iraans Film Festival. December 10, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Hayedeh Documentary Screening at 8th International Festival of Exiled Iranian Cinema". Peyke Iran. March 30, 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Ben-Zeev, Noam (March 3, 2010). "A Diva from Persia: Rise and Fall of Hayedeh / האיידה: הדיווה מפרס". Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ "Persian diva immortalised in film". The Holland Times. july 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
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(help) - ^ "Introducing Radio Zamaneh Producers: Pejman Akbarzadeh". Fars News Agency. July 6, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
External links
- Official website
- The Life Of 'A Legendary Persian Diva' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (English)
- "Hayedeh...", Pejman Akbarzadeh brings out the legendary singer's world in its full dimensions Iranian.com (English)
- "Speaking of Hayedeh" and a God Given Voice BBC Persian (English version)
- Radio Farda's Amir Zamanifar Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh Radio Farda (in Persian)
- Documentary Premier at Griffioen Cultural Center, Amsterdam (Dutch)
- US Premier of HAYEDEH Documentary
- A Diva from Persia: Rise and Fall of Hayedeh by Noam Ben-Zeev, Haaretz Daily (in Hebrew)
- Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva (The Holland Times) (English)