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Divorce Iranian Style (1999)

Director

Kim Longinotto

Subject

Anthropology; Law; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £12.99 (retail, Secondrun)

Observes some of the cases brought before the Family Law Courts in Tehran. The three main characters are Jamileh, who punishes her husband for beating her; Ziba, a 16-year-old girl who is trying to get a...

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Pride of Place (2006)

Director

Dorothea Gazidis; Kim Longinotto

Subject

Education; Film Studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 59 minutes), £50.00

PRIDE OF PLACE was made as as a first project while Longinotto was a student at the National Film and Television School. As a teenager, she had been sent to a girls’ boarding school in an old, isolated...

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Theatre Girls (2006)

Director

Kim Longinotto; Claire Pollak

Producer

Udi Eichler

Subject

Film Studies; Social welfare; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 minutes), £50.00

The Theatre Girls Club was a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. Run by six paid workers, it was the only hostel in London which to take any women at any time. The filmmakers...

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Sisters-In-Law (2006)

aka: Sisters in Law

Director

Kim Longinotto; Florence Ayisi

Subject

Anthropology; Law

Distribution

Hire Sale, DVD (106 minutes), £6.00 (V)

Six year old Manka has run away from home, fleeing her abusive aunt. Sonita has daringly accused her neighbour of rape. Amina has decided to end her brutal marriage by taking her husband to court. Set in...

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Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2009)

Director

Kim Longinotto

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 99 minutes), £50.00

Mulberry Bush School is an Oxford education facility for emotionally disturbed children, who have been excluded from mainstream schools. Filmmaker Kim Longinotto captures the inner life of Mulberry Bush,...

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Runaway (2002)

Subject

Anthropology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £12.99

This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and...

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Cross and Passion (1981 Film)

Director

Kim Longinotto; Claire Pollak

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shot in Turf Lodge, a Catholic estate in West Belfast, the film provides an account of the everyday life of the community, particularly its women.

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Divorce Iranian Style / Runaway (1997)

Director

Kim Longinotto; Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Subject

Anthropology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 167 minutes), £12.99

This DVD features two films by Kim Longinotto, whose work is characterised by a sensitive and compassionate approach to her subject matter, which often concerns women on the fringes of society. DIVORCE...

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Love is All (2015)

Director

Kim Longinotto

Subject

Film studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 74 minutes), £19.99

A documentary film exploring the depiction of love and courtship on film throughout the 20th century composed of archive material from the BFI National Archive, Yorkshire Film Archive and other sources. The...

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Underage (1982 Film, Video)

Director

Lizzie Lemon; Kim Longinotto

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A ‘cinema-verité' look at a group of adolescents in Coventry who spend their leisure hours roaming the streets or visiting discos. Topics raised include racialism, glue-sniffing, petty theft, sexual...

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