Blackboards
by Samira Makhmalbaf
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Actor: Bahman Ghobadi, Behnaz Jafari, Mohamad Karim Rahmati, Rafat Moradi, Said MohamadiDirector: Samira Makhmalbaf
Writer: Samira Makhmalbaf
Producer: Abbas Saghazsaz
Producer: Marco Mueller
Producer: Mohamad Ahmadi
Producer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer: Zaheer Qureshi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Wellspring Media
Movie Reviews of Blackboards
Movie Review: A Very Powerful Film
Summary: 4 Stars
Let's talk about Iran first. I've never heard any urban myth to the effect that they have 2000 words for sand, but if I did hear such a myth, the visuals in a film such as this would tempt me to believe it.
Okay, the movie itself was excellent. Great acting and a very simple story that shows us a perspective that's probably very unlike our own. There is a continuity error about the blackboard itself, but I'll forgive that because everything else is done so well. There's a reason it won at Cannes, and I'll watch it again.
Summary of Blackboards
A group of male teachers crossesma the mountainous paths of the remote Iranian Kurdistan region. They wander from village to village in search of students, carrying large blackboards on their backs, sometimes using them as shelter, camouflage and as shields for gunfire. One teacher ventures away from the group and meets up with a group of young boys who are carrying contraband across the border. Another teacher comes upon a group of old refugees who want to return to their village in Kurdistan, which was chemically attacked by the Iraqis. The teachers must also face other hardships and obstacles along the way, including unseen enemy helicopters and gunfire. Samira Makhmalbaf's award-winning film is a visually powerful and compelling depiction of a group of people who must battle for survival every day of their lives.Art House & International DVD Video
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