Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (approximately 77 min.) : sound, color |
Summary |
A film by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini. Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women's lives. Following Jamileh, whose husband beats her; Ziba, a 16-year-old trying to divorce her 38-year-old husband; and Maryam, who is desperately fighting to gain custody of her daughters, this deadpan chronicle showcases the strength, ingenuity, and guile with which they confront biased laws, a Kafaka-esque administrative system, and their husbands' and families' rage to gain divorces. With the barest of commentary, acclaimed director Kim Longinotto turns her cameras on the court and lets it tell its own story. Dispelling images of Iran as a country of war, hostages, and "fatwas", and Iranian women as passive victims of a terrible system, this film is a subtle, fascinating look at women's lives in a country which is little known to most Americans. Directed by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, author of MARRIAGE ON TRIAL: A STUDY OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998 |
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This version distributed by Women Make Movies |
Credits |
Camera, Kim Longinotto ; editor, Barrie Vince |
Performer |
Narrator, Joanna Rosenthall |
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In English with some parts in Farsi with English subtitles |
Subject |
Divorce -- Iran
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Divorce (Islamic law) -- Iran
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Marriage -- Iran
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Marriage (Islamic law) -- Iran
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Women -- Iran -- Social conditions
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Divorce.
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Divorce (Islamic law)
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Marriage.
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Marriage (Islamic law)
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Iran.
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Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Internet videos.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Longinotto, Kim, film director, director of photography.
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Mir-Hosseini, Ziba, film director.
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Rosenthall, Joanna, narrator
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Vince, Barrie, 1933- editor of moving image work.
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Twentieth Century Vixen (Firm), production company.
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Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.
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Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), publisher.
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