The article then proceeds to list a number of filming locations in Iran supposedly included in my "election documentary" -- places I haven't visited in over a year.
Amidst all the brow-furrowing journalistic hoo-haa and showbiz surrounding the election, this documentary arguably revealed more about the way the whole shebang works than any tear-stained Michael Moore documentary.
Jarreth Merz, the director of An African Election, a documentary about the 2008 Ghanaian election, described the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Afari-Gyan, as "the secret star of the film".
Bill de Blasio, New York City's public advocate and the Democratic nominee for mayor, is running his first campaign commercial of the general election — a documentary-style excerpt from his lofty primary night victory speech.
But Sir John Major said Murdoch demanded his government change its policy on Europe or its papers would switch to Labour before the 1997 election, and documentary evidence emerged that Murdoch had a previously undisclosed meeting with Margaret Thatcher in Chequers in January 1981 to pave the way for the purchase of the Times.
A post-election TV documentary portrayed a divided Treasury dominated by Gordon Brown's spin doctors; a similar documentary last weekend showed an industrious home secretary in full but thoughtful command of his sprawling empire.
The justices considered a case this term about an election-year documentary made by opponents of Hillary Clinton.
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Two Iranian films set against the backdrop of last June's presidential election — Nader Davoodi's documentary "Red, White & the Green" and Rafi Pitts's drama "The Hunter" — received their premieres the same day the festival announced that the director Jafar Panahi, due to take part in a panel on Iranian cinema, had been prevented from attending by the authorities in Tehran.
All summer, when I needed a break from election anxiety, I watched documentaries about space, contemplating its vastness, its quiet, its relative lack of human folly.
