Now she follows Sampat Pal Devi, the leader of the ‘Pink Gang’ who brings her own brand of justice to the streets of Uttar Pradesh, India, combating violence against women.

Pink Saris (2010, Kim Longinotto).mkv

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Subtitles:English

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A rarely seen classic, PRIDE OF PLACE was made as a first project while Longinotto was a student at England’s National School of Television and Film. As a teenager, the filmmaker had been condemned to a girls’ boarding school in an old, isolated castle in Buckinghamshire. Wisely, she ran away at the age of 17, and years later took the opportunity for sweet revenge. In this dark and expressive film, Longinotto exposes the repressive school from the students’ perspective—as a kind of miniature state with bizarre rules, indigestible food and absurd punishments. One year after the release of the film, the boarding school was closed down. With PRIDE OF PLACE, Longinotto sets the tone for a long career of films in which individuals revolt against oppressive authorities and stifling traditions.

“The movie is a gem: at once serious and penetrating and yet made with skill and humour. What makes this documentary memorable is not simply the dexterity of the actual filmmaking, but the intelligent way the makers have held back. Teachers, students and parents are shown without malice.” – London Film Festival

Festivals:
Sydney International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
London Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Trieste Film Festival
Florence Film Festival
Mannheim Film Festival

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This documentary follows the stories of five young girls who arrive at a refuge in Iran’s capital city Tehran, having run away from abusive or neglectful families.

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https://nitro.download/view/A3A1049BBA04AAE/Runaway_2001.mkv

Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English

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“This fascinating film follows the physically grueling and mentally exhausting training regimen of several young wanna-be GAEA GIRLS, a group of Japanese women wrestlers. The idea of them may seem like a total oxymoron in a country where women are usually regarded as docile and subservient. However, in training and in the arena, the female wrestlers depicted in this film are just as violent as any member of the World Wrestling Federation, and the blood that’s drawn is very real indeed. One recruit, Takeuchi, endures ritual humiliation not seen on screen since the boot camp sequences of FULL METAL JACKET. In DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, Kim Longinotto cinematically explored the previously unexplored world of the Tehran divorce courts. Working with co-director Jano Williams, Longinotto has been given access to shoot an insider’s verité account of this closely guarded universe.” – Chicago Film Festival

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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English & Chinese hardsub

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A film about love and gender. This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan – where the hosts are women who have chosen to live as men. They can only make their living as hosts in a nightclub with other ‘wannabes’ like them. The young women who come there often have relationships with them but the underlying fear is whether such a relationship can withstand the pressures on a girl to get married and have children. All three boys deal with this in different ways. These three hosts, the Shinjuku Boys, take us into their lives.

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Language(s):English
Subtitles:English & Chinese hardcoded

The post Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams – Shinjuku Boys (1995) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Divorce Iranian Style challenges preconceptions about what life is like for women in Iran. The most startling thing about the film is simply that it was made. The filmmakers follow the cases of three women who are attempting to divorce their husbands. Although Iranian religious law frowns on divorce, a man is allowed to claim the privilege without needing to show cause, provided he pays his ex-wife compensation. A woman, however, can only sue for divorce if she can prove that her husband is sterile or mad, or if he agrees to let her out of their marriage contract. In the last case, the compensation becomes the bargaining chip: the man will sometimes give his wife her freedom if he doesn’t have to pay.

The women are assertive, demanding, and persistent to a degree that confounds stereotypes of oppression. They challenge the judge, badger the uncooperative clerk for misplaced files, chew out their husbands and their husbands’ families. At one point, the judge tells a little girl (the daughter of the court stenographer who has been a fixture in the court from the age of two months) that he has a man picked out for her who’s “not like the riffraff that come in here.” The girl has a more radical plan: “I won’t marry ever, now that I know what husbands are like.

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Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English srt

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At first nothing strikes you out of the usual with Runaway. It is a straightforward documentary of exchanges between counselors at a women’s shelter and adolescent girls who have run away from abusive homes. Their conversations and their daily activities are captured with authenticity and simplicity.

A diverse range of experience is depicted. The tragedies of incest, arranged marriages, partner abuse, and oppressive parents will resonate with adolescents everywhere. What make Runaway unique are the stories brought to us from a corner of our world where the girls have few means of escape or refuge. Reyhaneh House, the setting of this film, is Iran’s first home for fugitive girls. Located in Tehran, it is a rare institution, struggling to survive and to address what is escalating into a national crisis. According to The Independent (London, November 13, 2000) only 13 of the 45 girls reported missing each day return home. The remainder are believed to be raped and/or killed.

Runaway is a poignant documentary, which advocates for very basic human rights. In a country where the government sets the marriage age at nine for girls and fourteen for boys, where family problems are culturally never discussed outside the home, where woman are at best considered chattel, admitting to the existence of runaways would be an embarrassment to the virtues of an Islamic government. Runaway is a breakthrough for bringing to light the unarguable need for a host of Reyhaneh Houses.

The film’s subtitles and overall filming is not very crisp, but its message is clear. The film could be successfully used to spearhead discussion among a broad audience in high schools, colleges, and public library settings.

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Language(s):Persian
Subtitles:English

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