Asia Society and Museum (Venue Partner)
725 Park Avenue
212.288.6400
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Border Cafe, dir. Kambozia Partovi, 2005. (Global Film Initiative)
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Friday Nov 6, 2009 (7–8:45pm)
- Where
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Directions: Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to Madison & 70th; M101, M102 to Lexington & 70th; M30 to Park & 72nd; M66 to Park & 68th OR Subway: #6 to 68th St.
- Price
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$7 members/students/seniors; $11 nonmembers
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Kambozia Partovi. Iran. 2005. 105 min. 35 mm.
A young widowed mother takes a defiant stand and runs her late husband’s restaurant against the threat of men in her community to shut down the business. Co-presented with the Global Film Initiative (GFI). Part of GFI’s Global Lens collection.
“A memorable portrait of one woman in Iran -- and, by extension, of the bleak sorrows of millions of women's lives.”-- Louise Kennedy, Boston Globe
This film is presented as part of Asia Society's Women of Iran film series. Series discount available. Visit www.asiasociety.org/womenofiran/ for more information.
