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    Divorce Iranian Style

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini Kim Longinotto 1998 Iran/United Kingdom documentary color 80min Persian
    Divorce Iranian Style is a 1998 documentary film directed by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini which chronicles the legal battles of three Iranian couples as they seek divorce in the Iranian court system. The film documents three couples as they go through the various legal processes and cultural barriers as they seek to file for divorce and highlights the poignant differences of men and women in the court system. The film also shows the complexity of blending religious law with a state run court system.

    Director

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini is an Iranian anthropologist who live in London she works as a freelance researcher and consultant on gender and development issues.

    Kim Longinotto

    Kim Longinotto studied camera and directing at England's National Film School. In 1986, Longinotto formed the production company Twentieth Century Vixen with Claire Hunt. Together they made Fireraiser, a look at the bombing of Dresden; Eat the Kimono, about the controversial Japanese feminist performer Hanayagi Genshu; Hidden Faces, the internationally acclaimed, collaborative documentary with/about Egyptian women; and The Good Wife of Tokyo in which they examine women, love and marriage in Japanese society.

    Ziba Mir-Hosseini
    Kim Longinotto

    2005 Sister in Law

    2002 Day I Will Never Forget

    2000 Gaea Girls

    1998 Divorce Iranian Style

    1996 Rock Wives(ㄒV)

    1995 Shinjuku Boys

    1994 Dream Girls

    1992 Good Wife of Tokyo

    1990 Hidden Faces

    1989 Eat the Kimono

    1982 Underage

    1976 Pride of Place

    1975 Theatre Girls

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