Iranian Asghar Farhadi wasn't at the #Oscars to accept his award tonight. Here's why:

[deminks]

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Link to tweet

He won for Best Foreign Language Film. He was caught up in the ban earlier, detained, and sent back.

Edited to add:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/directors-of-all-5-best-foreign-language-film-oscar-nominees-send-open-letter-to-trump/

Directors of all 5 ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ Oscar nominees send open protest letter to Trump

The directors nominated for “Best Foreign Language Film” released a remarkable joint statement during the Oscars ceremony on Sunday night condemning Pres. Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and “the climate of fanaticism and nationalism we see today in the U.S. and in other countries.”

Digital Spy said that Asghar Farhadi (“The Salesman”), Hannes Holm (“A Man Called Ove”), Maren Ade (“Toni Erdmann”), Martin Pieter Zandvliet (“Land of Mine”) and Martin Butler and Bentley Dean (“Tanna”) all signed the letter, which called for “unity between nations and the freedom of the arts.”

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Letter at the link

[HoneyBadger]

1. Saw it

So many better movies. The only thing notable about the movie was where it was made. The win was a political statement in my opinion. It is worth seeing just because it shows that Iran and the US are essentially the same in terms of the lives of average people.