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Korotkov introduced the director to his team at The Dossier Center, an investigative project founded in 2017 by the Russian civil activist and former political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
His father was jailed twice as a political prisoner in Cuba, once for 16 days in 1961 and for 72 days in 1966.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Those concerns were heightened after Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa, who had spent eight months as a political prisoner, was re-arrested earlier this month, just hours after being released.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The film, which looks at a former political prisoner who considers violent revenge against his prison torturer, was co-written by Panahi, Mahmoudian, Nader Saeiver and Shadhmer Rastin.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
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Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
His father was jailed twice as a political prisoner in Cuba, once for 16 days in 1961 and for 72 days in 1966.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Those concerns were heightened after Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa, who had spent eight months as a political prisoner, was re-arrested earlier this month, just hours after being released.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The film, which looks at a former political prisoner who considers violent revenge against his prison torturer, was co-written by Panahi, Mahmoudian, Nader Saeiver and Shadhmer Rastin.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Political prisoner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20prisoner. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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