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Divorce Iranian style / a film by Kim Longinotto & Ziba Mir-Hosseini.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Divorce--Iran.
- Divorce.
- Divorce (Islamic law)--Iran.
- Divorce (Islamic law).
- Marriage--Iran.
- Marriage.
- Marriage (Islamic law)--Iran.
- Marriage (Islamic law).
- Women--Iran--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Feature films.
- Iran.
- Social conditions.
- Feature films--Iran.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (80 min.)) : digital, sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 1998.
- Language Note:
- In English and Farsi with English subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- System requirements: QuickTime 7 or VLC software.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Joanna Rosenthall.
- Credits:
- Camera, Kim Longinotto ; editor, Barrie Vince.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
- OCLC:
- 779180808
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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