Blackboards [videorecording] = 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
Bahman Ghobadi, Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari. Original motion picture released in 2000. Special features: The making of Blackboards, interview with Samira Makhmalbaf, filmographies, trailer, and Weblinks.
Summary:
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.
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