this human world: BEYOND THE LIES + DISCUSSION
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Aufgebaut als parallele Erzählung, bewegt sich Beyond the Lies zwischen zwei Zeitachsen: 2019, geprägt von offiziellen staatlichen Medien und Leugnung, und 2021, wo Zeugenaussagen, juristische Befragungen und Beweise das Verborgene rekonstruieren. Der Film enthüllt, dass die Abschaltung des Internets keine vorübergehende Sicherheitsmaßnahme war, sondern ein zentrales Instrument der Unterdrückung – eingesetzt, um Zeugen zu beseitigen, Gewalt zu verbergen und die Darstellung der Ereignisse zu kontrollieren.
Diskussion mit Direktor Mahnaz Mohammadi
Beyond the Lies is a documentary film about the violent suppression of protests in Iran in November 2019, when a nationwide internet blackout enabled murders to be carried out in secret – and about how victims and witnesses, in the absence of a court in their own country, sought truth and justice through a people's court outside Iran's borders. In November 2019, when the internet was abruptly shut down in Iran, popular protests were met with extreme violence.
The state narrative described the protesters as “rioters,” but when the internet was partially restored a few days later, videos from citizens showed a different reality: unarmed protesters shot in the streets, mass killings, and systematic human rights violations. Two years later, in 2021, a people's tribunal was held in London—independent, without executive power, but with legal and moral weight. Before this tribunal, 275 witnesses testified, including survivors, relatives of those killed, doctors, lawyers, experts, and even members of the state security forces. No representative of the Islamic Republic appeared in court.
Structured as a parallel narrative, Beyond the Lies moves between two timelines: 2019, marked by official state media and denial, and 2021, where witness statements, legal inquiries, and evidence reconstruct what was hidden. The film reveals that the shutdown of the internet was not a temporary security measure, but a central tool of oppression—used to eliminate witnesses, conceal violence, and control the narrative of events.
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Discussion with Director Mahnaz Mohammadi






