Death and the Judge

Death and the Judge
Directed by	Hassan Khademi
Produced by	Mehdi Kouhian
Cinematography	Alireza Soltani, Aref Namvar
Edited by	Shahrooz Tavakol
Release date	2018 (2018)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Death and the Judge is a 2018 documentary film directed by Hassan Khademi.^[1] The film narrates the life and career of Nourollah Aziz-Mohammadi, an Iranian criminal judge who has issued more than 4 thousand death sentences during his career.^[2][3] The film won the AIFIC Award at the Iran's Cinema Verite Film Festival and the Bertha Fund Award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.^[4][5]

Reception

Reza Hosseini points out that the film has its weaknesses, but the appeal of the subject and the stubbornness of the filmmaker make it spectacular.^[6] Salahedin Ghaderi (from Kharazmi University) provides a sociological review of the film and calls it a "good text" for sociological inquiry.^[7]

Seyed Reza Saemi believes that "the hardest part of judging is the judgment of the offender sentenced to death, and that is enough to probably make negative assumptions about this judge in the minds of the audience, but as the film progresses and we become more familiar with Aziz Mohammadi's character, gradually that presumptuous stance comes closer to a fair trial."^[8]

See also

• Rapping in Tehran

References

1. "IAF reviews "Death and the Judge" about renowned Iranian criminal judge Azizmohammadi". Tehran Times. 26 June 2019.
2. "November 2018 – Iranian Student Association at Penn State". sites.psu.edu.
3. "Death and the Judge (Marg Va Ghazi)".
4. "Death And The Judge". Journeyman.
5. "Death and the Judge (2016) - Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh". IDFA.
6. Hosseini, Reza (2019). "Death is my twin". The Art and Experience (24): 49.
7. Ghaderi, Salahedin. "A sociological study of the documentary "Death and the Judge"". cinemacinema.ir.
8. Saemi, Seyed Reza (2019). "Judgment of a judge". The Art and Experience (24): 48.

External links

• Death and the Judge at IMDb