The legendary conductor Ali (Alexander) Rahbari comments on Hayedeh Documentary after screening at Austrian Film Archive in Vienna, May 2011.
“Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva” contains an extensive review of the singer’s artistic activities from the beginning in late 1960s at Radio Tehran to the end in 1990 in California.
The documentary looks at Hayedeh’s career against the backdrop of political and social upheaval in Persia as the nation went from monarchy to revolution to protracted war that forced many of its best and brightest into exile.
“Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva” includes rare videos, audio clips, photos, and original interviews with the main figures of her career: the songwriters Andranik, Mohammad Heydari, Anoushirvan Rohani, Farid Zoland, Sadegh Nojouki, producer Manouchehr Bibiyan, conductor Farnoush Behzad, music critic Mahmoud Khoshnam, tar soloist Parviz Rahman-Panah, and the last Persian queen Farah Pahlavi.
More…: http://hayedehdocumentary.com/en/synopsis.html
