Blackboards
6.6
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2000-09-01
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Drama
History
War
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
Featured Crew
| Samira Makhmalbaf | Director |
| Ebrahim Ghafori | Cinematography |
| Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Editor |
| Shozo Ichiyama | Producer |
| Samira Makhmalbaf | Writer |
| Mohammad Reza Darvishi | Music |
| Behroz Shahamat | Sound |
| Mohamad Ahmadi | Executive Producer |
| Zaheer Qureshi | Story Supervisor |
| Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Writer |
