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The glass house A production of Fictionville Studio in association with Sundance Channel and Impact Partners ; producer and writer, Melissa Hibbard ; director, Hamid Rahmanian..

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The glass house [videorecording] / A production of Fictionville Studio in association with Sundance Channel and Impact Partners ; producer and writer, Melissa Hibbard ; director, Hamid Rahmanian..
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Brooklyn, N.Y. : Fictionville Studio, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Halati, Marjaneh
  • Rahmanian, Hamid, 1968-
  • Hibbard, Melissa
  • Bergeaud, David
  • Fictionville Studio (Firm)
  • Sundance Channel
  • Impact Partners (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) ; sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"The fringes of Iranian society can be a lonely place, especially if you are a teenage girl with few resources to fall back on. The Glass House follows four girls striving to pull themselves out of the margins by attending a one-of-kind rehabilitation center in uptown Tehran. Forget about the Iran that you've seen before. With a virtually invisible camera, the girls of The Glass House take us on a never-before-seen tour of the underclass of Iran with their brave and defiant stories: Samira struggles to overcome forced drug addiction; Mitra harnesses abandonment into her creative writing; Sussan teeters on a dangerous ledge after years of sexual abuse; and Nazila burgeons out of her hatred with her blazing rap music. This groundbreaking documentary reflects a side of Iran few have access to or paid attention to: a society lost to its traditions with nothing meaningful to replace them and a group of courageous women working to instill a sense of empowerment and hope into the minds and lives of otherwise discarded teenage girls." -- www.fictionvillestudio.com
Subject
  • Halati, Marjaneh
  • Omid e Mehr Center (Tehran)
  • 2000-2099
  • Girls > Tehran > Social conditions > 21st century
  • Young women > Tehran > Social conditions > 21st century
  • Girls > Tehran > Economic conditions > 21st century
  • Young women > Tehran > Economic conditions > 21st century
  • Muslim women > Tehran > Social conditions > 21st century
  • Muslim women > Tehran > Economic conditions > 21st century
  • Sexual abuse victims > Counseling of > Tehran > 21st century
  • Mentoring > Women > Tehran > 21st century
  • Women rap musicians > Tehran > 21st century
  • Drug addicts > Counseling of > Tehran > 21st century
  • Tehran (Iran) > Social conditions > 21st century
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films
  • Nonfiction films
  • Feature films
Credits (note)
  • Cinematographer and editor, Hamid Rahmanian ; original music by David Bergeaud.
Performer (note)
  • Featuring Marjaneh Halati, Samira Babai, Sussan Najafi, Mitra Salimi, Nazila Tayebi, Nooshin Tayebi.
Audience (note)
  • MPAA rating : Not rated.
System Details (note)
  • DVD ; NTSC, all regions ; 16:9 presentation ; Dolby 5.1 or stereo audio.
Language (note)
  • Persian dialogue with optional Arabic, English, French, German or Spanish subtitles ; credits in English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Bonus features : Deleted scenes ; Interview with Marjaneh Halati, conducted in 2007 in New York ; original trailer.
LCCN
884501288897
OCLC
  • 503003907
  • SCSB-12299932
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library