Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears
- Synopsis
- East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing from pink hot pants into a sari to meet her husband at the airport. She has only met him once before, when she was married in a union arranged by her Bangladeshi family. Shahanara only agreed to the marriage to try and heal old wounds with her father, who had banished her from her family for her Western ways. Meanwhile her devout Muslim sister Hashnara is being groomed for her own arranged marriage, something that at 19 she does not feel at all ready for. Filmed by a close friend of the family this film explores universal theme of love and the conflicts between first and second generations of a British Bangladeshi family.
Filmmaker and Anthropologist: Simon Chambers - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2008
- Year of production
- 2007
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Sociology
- Keywords
- Bangladesh; cultural evolution; immigrant communities; marriage; marriage - arranged
Credits
- Director
- Simon Chambers
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £50.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 63 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
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