The ladies room /
Filmed in a woman's restroom located in a public park in Iran's metropolitan center of Tehran, this documentary explodes Western stereotyping of women in Iran. The elder who runs the washroom offers a shoulder to cry on or tough love in a place where women, many of them especially marginal...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Persian |
| Language Notes: | This edition in Persian (Farsi, Western) with English subtitles. |
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[New York?] :
Privately Published,
2003.
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Filmed in a woman's restroom located in a public park in Iran's metropolitan center of Tehran, this documentary explodes Western stereotyping of women in Iran. The elder who runs the washroom offers a shoulder to cry on or tough love in a place where women, many of them especially marginalized because they are prostitutes, addicts or runaways, feel safe enough to remove their veils, and draw on cigarettes and their opinions on a wide range of subjects that men cannot hear them speaking about: sex, family abuse, relationships, drugs, religion, self-mutilation. The director (and admired actress) supplies the audience with an unflinching, detailed examination of the lives of the women who use the restroom as a gathering place. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (56 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:55:39 |