Blackboards (تخته سياه) 24 years old

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 village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?

Credits

Blackboards Cast

Name Character
Bahman Ghobadi He was 33, now 55 years old as Reeboir
Behnaz Jafari She was 25, now 49 years old as Halaleh
Said Mohamadi as Said

Blackboards Crew

Name Department
Blackboards poster
Blackboards (24 years)

  • Release day: Friday, September 01, 2000
  • Runtime: 85 minutes