Title: Takhté siah Blackboards /
Authors: Makhmalbāf, Samīrā, 1980-; Makhmalbāf, Muḥsin; Müller, Marco.; Jaʻfarī, Bihnāz.; Ghobadi, Bahman, 1968-; Mohamadi, Said.; Rahmati, Mohamad Karim.; Moradi, Rafat.; Rostami, Mayas.; Akbarī, Sāmān; Bahrami, Ahmad.; Moradi, Mohamad.; Ghafori, Ebrahim.; Darvīshī, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, 1955 or 1956-; Makhmalbaf Film House (Firm); Fabrica Cinema (Firm); Radiotelevisione italiana; T-Mark (Firm); Wellspring Media.
Publisher: Wellspring,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Blackboards Drama.; Teachers Iran Drama.; Village communities Iran Drama.
Abstract: A group of male teachers crosses the mountainous paths of the remote Iranian Kurdish region. The men wander from village to village in search of students, carrying large blackboards on their backs. The boards are sometime used as shelter, camouflage, and shields instead of for teaching purposes. One by one the men venture away from the group in search of students to teach. Along their way they must face other hardships and obstacles, including unseen enemy helicopters and gunfire.