Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture is a 2018 documentary film on the world's largest brick vault Taq Kasra. It is the first film about this ancient Persian monument, directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh.
Content
Taq Kasra was in danger of being destroyed by ISIS in 2015-2016, and this inspired Pejman Akbarzadeh to visit Iraq twice to film the arch and record its history.The following scholars have been interviewed in the film
- Hossein Amanat
- Prof. Ed Keall
- Prof. Touraj Daryaee
- Dr. Ute Franke
- Dr. Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis
- Dr. Ali Mozaffari
- Dr. Mahmoud Mullakhalaf
- Dr. Qais Huseen Rasheed
- Dr. Miroslav Zeman
- Prof. Robert Hillenbrand
Screenings
The documentary was premiered in February 2018 at SOAS, London and later screened at various conferences and museums such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, 8th Conference of 'The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies', Smithsonian Institution's Freer Sackler Galleris of Art in Washington DC, and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.Various North American universities, including the University of Texas and the University of Toronto have streamed the film on their server for educational purposes.