FRI JUN 2, 2023 1:00 PM BLACKBOARDS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by Cindy Flores, Programming Assistant at American Cinematheque Rare 35mm print ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 2’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE SERIES: In Kurdish with English subtitles In Samira Makhmalbaf’s BLACKBOARDS, a group of male teachers cross the mountainous paths of the remote Iranian Kurdistan region. Carrying large blackboards on their backs, they wander from village to village in search of students, but everyone is too busy struggling to survive and no one wants to learn. One teacher ventures away from the group and meets up with a group of boys carrying contraband across the border. Another teacher comes upon a group of old refugees who want to return to their village in Kurdistan which was chemically attacked by the Iraquis. The teachers face other hardships and obstacles including unseen enemy helicopters and gunfire. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Leisure Time Features COUNTRY: Iran, Italy, Japan