September Tapes | |
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Directed by | Christian Johnston |
Produced by | Matthew Rhodes Wali Razaqi Christian Johnston George Calil Judd Payne (executive producer) Brent Henry Kevin Loughery Jr. Don Sallee |
Written by | Christian Johnston Christian Van Gregg |
Narrated by | George Calil |
Starring | George Calil Wali Razaqi Sunil Sadarangani |
Music by | Gunnard Doboze |
Editing by | Darren Mann Jeffro Brunk Peter Finestone |
Distributed by | First Look Media |
Release date(s) | September 24, 2004 |
Running time | 95 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English Persian |
September Tapes is a faux-documentary feature film co-written and directed by Christian Johnston in his feature debut. An early review of the film's promotional trailer noted that the footage looked "more real than network news footage".[1] It is rated R for "language and violent images" by the MPAA.
The film was first presented at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004, where First Look Media acquired worldwide distribution rights.[2] In May of the same year, it was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film screened at many other film festivals, including: the Deauville American Film Festival, France; the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Denmark; the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Netherlands; and others.
The film is translated to "Septiembre Negro" (Black September) for Spanish-language audiences.