Carrying only their blackboards, a pair of teachers try to find work amongst the Kurdish nomads along the Iran/Iraq border. One of the teachers tags along with a group of child smugglers hoping to cross the border undetected while the other joins up with a group of aging Kurds who want to return to their homeland before they die.
http://www.firouzanfilms.com/TheFirouzanFifty/Movies/Blackboards/index.html
Powerful.
obscurenote 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this! I've been intrigued by the Makhmalbaf family, especially Samira and Hana, two young women who are making great movies.
obscurenote 3 years ago