Kim Longinotto box ( Divorce Iranian Style / Gaea Girls / The Day I Will Never Forget / Runaway / Sisters in Law )

Kim Longinotto box (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Divorce Iranian Style / Gaea Girls / The Day I Will Never Forget / Runaway / Sisters in Law
Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
469 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 - 2009 and produced in:
Cameroon ( Africa, Middle East )
Iran ( Africa, Middle East )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Kim Longinotto
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Jano Williams
Florence Ayisi

Written By:
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Kim Longinotto
Jano Williams

Actors:
Kim Longinotto
Chigusa Nagayo ..... Herself
Meiko Satomura ..... Herself
Yuka Sugiyama ..... Herself
Saika Takeuchi ..... Herself
Vera Ngassa ..... Herself
Beatrice Ntuba ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Divorce Iranian Style (1998)

This is a very pure documentary about the divorce process in Iran made by a British film crew. It follows one couple fairly closely through formal proceedings and family arbitration, and records the court appearances of several others, as well as talking with court employees. The filmmakers interfere very little with the events they record, and include long unedited segments that create a very realistic feel.

Gaea Girls (2000)

It's a battle of wills between a brutal coach and an inept, doomed-to-fail yet relentlessly driven, trainee. We watch the latter get beaten, in both and every sense, over, over, and over again, yet each time beg for another chance. The coach, despite the dread she calculatingly inspires, only wants the girl to quit. Some may see a comment on national character, or even want to resurrect the eager-zero-pilot myth.

The Day I Will Never Forget (2002)

The practice of female genital mutilation is explored through personal stories of Kenyan women.

Runaway (2001)

The Islamic rule that permits, or encourages, men to oppress their female relations in a variety of ways is countered by the social service agency in Runaway, staffed by female social workers who take in the girls and negotiate their return or withdrawal from their families. Here too the power of law goes some length in enforcing better treatment.

Sisters in Law (2005)

In one small courthouse in Cameroon two women are determined to change a village, and are making progress that could change the world. The tough-minded state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba are working to help women in their Muslim village find the courage to fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent. With fierce compassion, they dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair measure-handing down stiff sentences to those convicted.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 18 November, 2008.

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