Wednesday, July 22, 2009

movie: Blackboards تخته سیاه Takhté siah

Tonight we're watching Samira Makhmalbaf's 2000 film Blackboards (Takhté siah - تخته سیاه). It's filmed in the highland Kurdistan region of Iran, groups of Kurdish refugee travelers are all headed for the Iraqi border.





BLACKBOARDS

Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf; written (in Kurdish, with English subtitles) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Ms. Makhmalbaf; director of photography, Ebrahim Ghafori; produced by Mohamad Ahmadi; released by Leisure Time Features/Kimstim. At the Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village. Running time: 85 minutes. This film is not rated.

WITH: Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Said Mohamadi (Said) and Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh).

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