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Pouring Water on Troubled Oil

Synopsis

A poetic documentary following Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's journey through Iran in 1951 on an assignment to write a publicity film for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Combining archival photographs with Thomas's own words (spoken by actor Michael Sheen), the film captures the poet's haunting vision of oil, colonialism and exploitation.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
25 min 56 sec
Director
Nariman Massoumi
Producer
Nariman Massoumi
Editor
Nariman Massoumi, Lizzie Minnion
Sound
Payam Hosseinian
Composer
Dariush Dolat-Shahi
Principal cast
Michael Sheen, Payam Hosseinian
Sound Mix
Raoul Brand

Genre

Experimental Welsh

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Nariman Massoumi

University of Bristol
Department of Film and Television
Richmond Building
105 Queens Road
Bristol
BS5 9QG

Sales Company

Nariman Massoumi

University of Bristol
Department of Film and Television
Richmond Building
105 Queens Road
Bristol
BS5 9QG

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