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F Feature film · 2000 · 88 min

Blackboards

Takhté siah

After the chemical attack on Halabja, teachers carrying blackboards on their backs roam the mountain villages of the Iran–Iraq border looking for pupils. Shot entirely in Kurdish, Samira Makhmalbaf’s second feature sits between fact and fiction.

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Director
Samira Makhmalbaf
Writers
Samira Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Country
İran, İtalya, Japonya
Language
Kurdish
Year
2000
Runtime
88 min
Themes
Childhood · Road stories · Borders and war
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