Blackboards = Takhté siah / directed by Samira Makhmalbaf ; script, Mohsen and Samira Makhmalbaf ; producers, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marco Muller for Fabrica Cinema in association with RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana.

A group of male teachers cross 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 from gunfire.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Fabrica Cinema (Firm) Radiotelevisione italiana
Other Authors:	Makhmalbāf, Samīrā, 1980- (Director) Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin Jaʻfarī, Bihnāz (Performer) Mohamadi, Said (Performer) Ghobadi, Bahman (Performer)
Language:	Kurdish English
Language and/or Writing System:	Kurdish dialogue with English subtitles.
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Wellspring Media, 2003.
Subjects:	Blackboards > Drama. Teachers > Iran > Kurdistān (Province) > Drama. Village communities > Iran > Kurdistān (Province) > Drama. Films for the hearing impaired. Feature films.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (85 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Takhté siah. [Parallel title]
Format:	Video DVD

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