國家級的網絡防火牆，伊朗也有。自1979年革命推翻親西方的伊朗王室，宗教主義就成了另一個極權。來到21世紀，網絡世界急速發展，資訊每秒爆炸式膨脹，全球接軌同步——但在防火牆內，你就只能看見政權要你知道的事。上至外來資訊，下至娛樂消閒，凡被認為違反伊斯蘭教義都成了禁忌，但有伊朗人卻不甘於屈服這個無形囚籠，千方百計也要知道更多。導演以紀錄片形式，走訪不同人物，拍攝伊朗翻牆的一百種方式：在天台裝設天線接收地下衛星頻道、記者駭進網絡防火牆以取得資訊、販賣黑市DVD的市場⋯⋯為了自由睇戲、上網而扭盡六壬，值得嗎？如片中受訪者所言：「徒勞無功總比漠不關心好。」

Television in Iran offers only state-approved news and entertainment programs, which is why so much of the population turns to black market solutions to enrich their TV viewing options. This eye-opening documentary follows a diverse cross-section of the Iranian population – from Tehran urbanites to rural farmers to nomadic herders – who use pirated cable and satellite equipment to watch unapproved media like American television, Bollywood movies, European football and international news broadcasts. Mohammad Rasoulof burnished his reputation as a daring filmmaker-activist with this compact and engrossing look at how censorship breeds curiosity, and how technology enables the oppressed to satiate their unquenchable thirst for information.