The Iranian Revolution, in black-and-white

Sunday Morning The Iranian Revolution, In Black-And-White .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-sunday-morning.jpg'); } By Serena Altschul Serena Altschul Contributing Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Serena Altschul is a CBS News contributing correspondent and a contributor for "CBS News Sunday Morning." Read Full Bio Serena Altschul April 20, 2008 / 9:27 AM EDT / CBS Add CBS News on Google Thirty years after it began, the story of the Iranian revolution is now being retold in an intriguing way. It's a remarkable tale of survival from the perspective of one remarkably talented woman ... a woman our Serena Altschul has been to meet:So what do you do with a black-and-white, French-language animated feature film about an Iranian girl? How about give it an Oscar nomination? Or film critics' awards in New York and Los Angeles? Or the jury prize at Cannes? Featuring stars like Catherine Deneuve and Sean Penn, Marjane Satrapi's film "Persepolis" is a hit."When you have, you know, this recognition, it's like being blessed," Satrapi said. "It's incredible."Recently, an English language version of the film was released nationwide.It is the story of a young girl coming of age in the middle of Iran's Islamic revolution."I wanted to show, as an insider, how I lived it," Satrapi said, "without wanting to make a lesson of history or of politics, or whatever. Not at all. Just to say, in my life, from my point of view, that is the way I lived the thing." It's very much Satrapi's own story of growing up in a complicated, aristocratic family who opposed the Shah but then became disillusioned with the revolution. There's her doting grandmother: "There's nothing worse in this world than bitterness and revenge."And her fearful parents: "The boy shot next to us wasn't even 20. What's happened to this country?" The film is based on Satrapi's graphic novel, also called "Persepolis." Her combination of bold black-and-white imagery and imagi...