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Every good marriage begins with tears /

Director Simon Chambers follows the lives of young Bengali sisters - and close personal friends of his - as they travel from London to Bangladesh to undertake the arranged marriages that have long been planned for them. Although apparently reluctant to submit to the agreed arrangements, the sisters...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chambers, Simon (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007.
Series:Ethnographic video online, volume 2
Subjects:
Arranged marriage > Bangladesh.
Marriage customs and rites > Bangladesh.
Families > Bangladesh.
Mariage arrangé > Bangladesh.
Mariage > Rites et cérémonies > Bangladesh.
Familles > Bangladesh.
Arranged marriage.
Families.
Marriage customs and rites.
Bangladesh.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Online media.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Director Simon Chambers follows the lives of young Bengali sisters - and close personal friends of his - as they travel from London to Bangladesh to undertake the arranged marriages that have long been planned for them. Although apparently reluctant to submit to the agreed arrangements, the sisters nonetheless seem unable or unwilling to ultimately escape their traditional destiny.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (63 min.)
Playing Time:01:02:31