Global Lens is an annual, touring film series
launched in 2003 by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of
exceptional cinematic works from around the world. The Parkland Art Gallery and
Office of Institutional Advancement sponsor the 2013 series. To learn more, visit www.globalfilm.org. Please note our
location with theater-style seating and updated audio-visual equipment!
All films and popcorn are FREE! All
shows begin at 6:30pm Location: Parkland
College, room C118
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
ABOUT 111 GIRLS
(Darbare 111 Dokhtar) Dir. Nahid
Ghobadi & Bijan Zamanpira
79 minutes, Iraq, Farsi/Persian
and Kurdish, with subtitles in English
Discussion with
Jennifer Saterlee after the film
A government official, carrying a message from Iran’s
president, travels across Iranian Kurdistan with his driver and a young guide
on a mission to stop 111 young Kurdish women from committing suicide in protest
against conditions that have left them spinsters. Racing against the clock,
they travel into territory simmering with resentment at official neglect and
the hardship it has sown among a proud people. Against a dramatically colorful
physical and human landscape, wistful longing mingles with dreamlike desire and
absurdist humor as the three travelers meander helplessly in a land riddled
with contradictions.
Check our website for updates about additional
programming, panel discussions and events relating to individual films:
www.parkland.edu/gallery or call 217/351-2485. Co-sponsored by Parkland Art
Gallery and International Student Services. This program is partially supported
by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
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