Global Lens – The Best of World Cinema – Volume 9: Middle East – 6 DVD Collector’s Edition

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Global Lens – The Best of World Cinema – Volume 9: Middle East – 6 DVD Collector’s Edition

The Global Film Initiative’s award winning Global Lens series supports the growth of vibrant, global filmmaking communities from around the world. This unique Collector’s Edition includes 6 critically acclaimed Middle Eastern films.

MODEST RECEPTION (Paziraie Sadeh) – Iran:
Leila and Kaveh travel the mountainous countryside of Tehran, inventing brazen stratagems to place cash in the hands of the poor. This bold comic drama unfurls with unexpected force amid themes of power, privilege and corruption. (Farsi/Persian w. English subs)

BORDER CAFE (Café Transit) – Iran:
In a rural village, a young woman with two children faces a difficult choice when her husband dies. Instead of marrying her brother-in-law, as required by traditional law, she chooses to support her family by reopening her late husband’s restaurant. (Persian/Greek w. English subs)

THE WHITE MEADOWS (Keshtzar Haye Sepid) – Iran:
In this dreamlike film, a boatman navigates the brackish waters of a coastal land, collecting the heartaches and tears of its inhabitants. But he remains powerless against their misguided attempts to appease the gods and to make the land green again. (Farsi w. English subs)

KILOMETRE ZERO – Iraq:
In 1980’s Iraq, Kurdish army conscripts are given the unpleasant task of returning the body of a dead soldier to his family. (Arabic/Kurdish w. English subs)

ABOUT 111 GIRLS (Darbare 111 Dokhtar) – Iraq:
A government official, carrying a message from Iran’s president, travels across Iranian Kurdistan on a mission to stop 111 young Kurdish women from committing suicide in protest against social oppression. (Farsi/Kurdish w. English subs)

TOLL BOOTH (Gise Memuru) – Turkey:
When a tollbooth attendant is reassigned to a desolate country road, he begins a flirtatious relationship with a mysterious woman. But is this a sign of salvation, or the unraveling of his mind? (Turkish w. English subs)

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