Documentary Screening: "Evolution of Revolution: Live from Tehran"
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What: We will be screening ABC's documentary on the Iranian Revolution titled: "Evolution of Revolution: Live from Tehran" (1 hour, 12 mins.) A discussion will follow after the screening.
When: Monday, February 23, 2004 @ 6:00pm Where: 110 Barrows
Synopsis of "The Evolution of Revolution: Live from Tehran"
During the Carter administration, Iranian students seized the American embassy in Tehran—and 53 American hostages—to begin a standoff that lasted until Ronald Reagan’s inauguration 444 days later. What factors prompted that hostile act? This ABC News program anchored by Peter
Jennings examines the consequences of an American foreign policy shaped more by a desire to protect an oil-dependent standard of living and oppose communist expansion than to promote democracy. (73 minutes, color)