Summary: Mitra, in prison for killing her violent stepfather, confronts new warden Tahereh on the eve of a riot, fearlessly challenging her dogmatic views - which, over time, begin to change. This movie has been banned in Iran.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOMSummary: As a reclusive young girl prepares to start college and a new life, she meets and falls in love with a delivery man triggering a series of unexpected events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STOSummary: Set in rural 1940s Vietnam, a young man takes up with a rough band of nomadic buffalo herders and discovers freedom, violence, and love - but also secrets about his past that will change his life forever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BUFSummary: When an Iranian widow takes over her husband's truck stop restaurant after his death, she must hide in the kitchen so she doesn't cause a scandal. Now her brother-in-law wants to be with her for the cafe, while a customer just wants to be with her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007