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Blackboards

6.720001h 25mMovieDramaHistoryWar

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…

DirectorSamira Makhmalbaf
WritersSamira Makhmalbaf·Mohsen Makhmalbaf
ProducersMohamad Ahmadi·Shôzô Ichiyama

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Not available in United States
Streaming in 1 other country

Blackboards isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in South Korea. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf

SM
Said Mohamadi
Said
BJBehnaz Jafari
Behnaz Jafari
Halaleh
BGBahman Ghobadi
Bahman Ghobadi
Rebwar
MR
Mohamad Karim Rahmati
Father
RM
Rafat Moradi
Ribwar
MR
Mayas Rostami
Young boy storyteller
SA
Saman Akbari
Group leader
ABAhmad Bahrami
Ahmad Bahrami
Marriage registrar
KM
Karim Moradi
Old man
HM
Hassan Mohamadi
Child
RM
Rasool Mohamadi
The boy porter
SV
Somaye Veisee
Little girl

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