Divorce Iranian Style
<div>To celebrate one year since the reopening of Filmhouse and the Doc Screen launch, we are showcasing one of the most well known works of British director Kim Longinotto. Despite being one of the most acclaimed and prolific documentary filmmakers, with a career spanning over 50 years, her work hasn’t received the same attention as that of some of her male counterparts. Longinotto’s renowned for her intimate, observational filmmaking that explores the lives of women and rebels facing oppressive patriarchal structures worldwide.</div><div><br></div><div>Hilarious, tragic, stirring, this fly-on-the-wall look at several weeks in an Iranian divorce court provides a unique window into the intimate circumstances of Iranian women’s lives. Following Jamileh, whose husband beats her; Ziba, a 16-year-old trying to divorce her 38-year-old husband; and Maryam, who is desperately fighting to gain custody of her daughters, this deadpan chronicle showcases the strength, ingenuity, and guile with which they confront biased laws, a Kafka-esque administrative system, and their husbands’ and families’ rage to gain divorces.</div><div><br></div><div>With the barest of commentary, acclaimed director Kim Longinotto turns her cameras on the court and lets it tell its own story. Dispelling images of Iran as a country of war, hostages, and “fatwas”, and Iranian women as passive victims of a terrible system, this film is a subtle, fascinating look at women’s lives in a country which is still marked by turbulent events.</div><div><br></div><div>This screening is part of <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/doc-screen">Doc Screen</a>, an initiative run by Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) in partnership with Filmhouse.</div>DocumentaryPT1H16MN/C 182026-07-15Kim Longinotto
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
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July 15, 6:10 pm
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