Blackboards (2000)
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?
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Said Mohamadi as Said |
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Behnaz Jafari as Halaleh |
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Bahman Ghobadi as Rebwar |
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Mohamad Karim Rahmati as Father |
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Rafat Moradi as Ribwar |
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Mayas Rostami as Young boy storyteller |
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Saman Akbari as Group leader |
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Ahmad Bahrami as Marriage registrar |
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Karim Moradi as Old man |
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Hassan Mohamadi as Child |
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Rasool Mohamadi as The boy porter |
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Somaye Veisee as Little girl |
| Directing | Samira Makhmalbaf | Director |
| Crew | Ebrahim Ghafori | Cinematography |
| Writing | Zaheer Qureshi | Story Supervisor |
| Production | Shôzô Ichiyama | Producer |
| Production | Marco Mueller | Producer |
| Sound | Behroz Shahamat | Sound |
| Production | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Producer |
| Writing | Samira Makhmalbaf | Writer |
| Writing | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Writer |
| Sound | Mohammad Reza Darvishi | Music |
| Production | Mohamad Ahmadi | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Editor |
| Production | Abbas Saghazsaz | Associate Producer |
