Divorce Iranian style / Women Make Movies ; a film by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini ; a Twentieth Century Vixen Production for Channel Four.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Longinotto, Kim, filmmaker, director of photography.

Mir-Hosseini, Ziba, filmmaker.

Rosenthall, Joanna, narrator.

Twentieth Century Vixen (Firm), production company.

Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Divorce--Law and legislation--Iran.

Divorce.

Divorce (Islamic law)--Iran.

Divorce (Islamic law).

Marriage law--Iran.

Marriage law.

Marriage (Islamic law)--Iran.

Marriage (Islamic law).

Women--Iran--Social conditions.

Women.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (80 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [1998]

Language Note:

In English and Farsi with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

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.

Participant:

Narrator, Joanna Rosenthall.

Credits:

Camera, Kim Longinotto ; editor, Barrie Vince.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 22, 2022).

OCLC:

779180808

Publisher Number:

wm-dis Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.