Throughout cinema's history, many films have been made based on real-life events. They took inspiration from true stories and brought them to the screen in compelling ways.

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She found “Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood” by Marjane Satrapi, a memoir about coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. She read “Rolling Blackouts” by Sarah Glidden ...

And, of course, graphic novels like Nick Drnaso's Sabrina, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis." "In 2013 the project started as an action comedy screenplay. During Trump's first term it became almost ...

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi This memoir tracks the author’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic revolution of the early 1980s. Her story is both personal, and reflective of a time and nation ...

Image Credit: Sony Pictures Classics. Working alongside filmmaker Vincent Paronnaud, cartoonist and director Marjane Satrapi adapts her own work, bringing the comic Persepolis (2000-2003) to the ...

You've got a friend in these classic movies, from "Lilo & Stitch" and "Inside Out" to "My Life as a Courgette" and "Spirited ...