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New York Premiere of Samira Makhmalbaf’s BLACKBOARDS,
presented by USA for UNHCR
We’re proud to be working with USA for UNHCR and Leisure Time Features
to present the New York premiere of Samira Makhmalbaf’s extraordinary
second film, BLACKBOARDS, winner of the Jury prize at the 2000 Cannes
Film Festival (which made Makhmalbaf the youngest prize-winner in Cannes
history). Set in a mountain pass on the Iran-Iraq border, BLACKBOARDS is
about a man named Reeboir, who carries a blackboard on his back and
devotes his life to teaching frightened refugees to read and write. As
poetically charged and deeply felt as her debut film, The Apple,
BLACKBOARDS is a great film about the elusive subject of education.
Education of the mind, leading to understanding and love of the world
and of the self, which none of us can or should do without. At a time of
instability in the world, with the number of refugees and internally
displaced people fleeing armed conflict and persecution at more than 20
million worldwide, BLACKBOARDS is more than timely — it’s essential.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, assists and protects these and all
refugees world wide in these uncertain times. For more information or to
help log onto www.UNRefugees.org or call 1-800-770-1100.
Thanks to Nancy Langer, Trina Zwicker, Bruce Pavlow, and Ian Stimmler.
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