3 of 4 available systemwide,
with no current holds.
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Desert Broom Library
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DVD FICTION Circle
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On Shelf
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Ironwood Library
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DVD FICTION Circle
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On Shelf
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Saguaro Library
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DVD FICTION Circle
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On Shelf
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South Mountain Community Library
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DVD FICTION Cerchio
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Checked Out
- (Due: May 29 2013)
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Summary:
This film offers insights into the lives of women in Iran. As the narrative dynamically shifts from woman to woman, their stories culminate with tremendous potency, transforming a shared sense of dispair and injustice into one of kinship and even hope.
Notes:
Farsi dialogue, English subtitles; title frames in Italian and English; credits in Farsi and Italian.
Based on an original idea by Jafar Panahi.
Director of photography, Bahram Badakhshani ; art director, Iraj Raminfar ; editor, Jafar Panahi ; set decorator, Vajid Allah Fariborzi.
Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryam Parvin Almani, Mojghan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin, Monire Arab, Maeden Tahmasbi, Maryam Shayegane, Khadijeh Moradi, Negar Ghadyani.
DVD, mono.
Venice Film Festival: 2000, FIPRESCI Award - Best Feature (Jafar Panahi); Golden Lion (Jafar Panahi); OCIC Award - Honorable Mention (Jafar Panahi); Sergio Trasatti Award (Jafar Panahi); UNICEF Award (Jafar Panahi)
Uraguay International Film Festival: 2001, Audience Award (Jafar Panahi); Best Film (Jafar Panahi); Critics Award (Jafar Panahi); OCIC Award - Special Mention (Jafar Panahi)
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| Consensus: Bleak, yet powerful, The Circle offers a searing indictment of the oppressive conditions experienced by women in Iran. |
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