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| BLACKBOARDS aka TAKHTE SIAH | Search all of phase9.tv | |||
Year: 2000 USA: Leisure Time Features UK: Artificial Eye Cast: Bahman Ghobadi, Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafai Director: Samira Makhmalbaf Countries: Iran / Italy / Japan Language: Kurdish (English subtitles) UK: 85 mins UK Certificate: PG contains scenes of mild threat and violence USA Release Date: 6 December 2002 (Limited Release) UK Release Date: 29 December 2000 Movie reviews Synopsis BLACKBOARDS is a story set on the borders between Iran and Iraq. It concerns the arrival of a group of teachers with blackboards slung over their backs, who are there to help educate the countless refugees amassed on this border. Both the refugees and the teachers are threatened by the volatile behaviour of soldiers there and the film details the teachers’ encounters with the harrowing experiences and plight of these refugees. The film from director Samira Makhamalbaf was a winner at the Cannes Film Festival 2000. |
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