Watch: This is Not a Remake

Even before the coronavirus spread around the world and was declared a pandemic, reports of lockdowns and self-quarantining in response to the threat of COVID-19 called to mind Jafar Panahi‘s 2011 feature This is Not a Film (co-directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb). The documentary, which was both made and smuggled out of Iran illegally, shows audiences the I…