A preview of Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater”
By: Allison Wisyanski ~Staff Writer~ Jon Stewart’s debut feature, “Rosewater,” held a premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2014. “Rosewater” tells the true story of Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari’s five month imprisonment in Iran after his appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Stewart traveled to Jordan for a month in the summer of 2013 to film the movie. In 2009, Bahari covered Iran’s unpredictable elections for Newsweek. During his stay in Tehran, Iran, he interviewed a young regime reporter and raised the possibility of election fraud. He also appeared on Stewart’s show with comedian Jason Jones. … Continue reading A preview of Jon Stewart’s “Rosewater”
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