Watch Letters To The President (2009) Online

Iran, 2008. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade creeps through the teeming streets of Qom Shrine, thousands of people jam hand-written letters into the hands of his handlers. Hearing their President deliver a speech is a thrill, but more promising to these men and women is the hope that their letters - expressing pleas for loans, medical attention, housing and jobs - will be answered. Since his 2005 election on a populist, "man of the people" platform, Ahmadinejad has encouraged Iranians to send him such letters; according to a staff member, he has received about 10 million of them, and has been able to respond to nearly 76 percent. In one letter, a 16-year-old boy says his family has no money and goes to bed hungry every night. According to the staff member, the boy will be helped. As other letters are read, the worker says that "In Islam, charity is a necessity." Read More

Watch Letters To The President online. Featuring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Letters To The President is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in France and was released on 2009. Letters To The President was directed by Petr Lom. Read Less