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Every good marriage begins with tears.

Penn Museum Library DVD HQ670.6 .E84 2007
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Chambers, Simon, 1960- director, producer.
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Arranged marriage--Bangladesh.
Arranged marriage.
Marriage customs and rites--Bangladesh.
Marriage customs and rites.
Families--Bangladesh.
Families.
Bangladesh.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
London : The Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007.
System Details:
DVD; NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing form pink hot pants into a sari to meet her husband at the airport. She has only met him once before, when she was married in a union arranged by her Bangladeshi family. Shahanara only agreed to the marriage to try and heal old wounds with her father, who had banished her from her family for her Western ways. Meanwhile her devout Muslim sister Hashnara is being groomed for her own arranged marriage, something that at 19 she does not feel at all ready for. Filmed by a close friend of the family this film explores universal theme of love and the conflicts between first and second generations of a British Bangladeshi family. (Winner RAI Film Prize 2007)
Credits:
Directed and produced by Simon Chambers.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
OCLC:
437010771

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