''Rapping in Tehran'' is a 2009

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by Hassan Khademi. The film depicts the situation of

underground music Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, Popular music, mainstream popular music culture. Underground styles lack the commercial success of popular music movements, and may involve the use of avant-g ...

in Iran. The film has participated in several international film festivals including

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(UNAFF),

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and Peace on Earth Film Festival (POEFF). It was nominated for Best Screen Play at the

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(2010) and won the Special Jury Award from the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival (2010).

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The documentary looks at the creation of "underground music" in the Islamic Republic of Iran and shows the daily struggle of young people against the repressive traditional apparatus. Law enforcement agencies are strongly opposed to rap music due to its social content.

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