10th RAI INTERNATIONAL
FESTIVAL OF
ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM
27 JUNE - 2 JULY 2007
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
INCORPORATING A MAJOR CONFERENCE:
BEYOND TEXT: SYNAESTHETIC & SENSORY
PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
CENTRE FOR SCREEN STUDIES
SCHOOL OF ARTS, HISTORIES AND CULTURES
GRANADA CENTRE FOR
VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS 1987 - 2007
© Antony Gormley's Waste Man commissioned by Artangel for Penny Woolcock's feature film Exodus
EVERY GOOD MARRIAGE BEGINS WITH TEARS (11)
11:00, Friday 29th June, Cosmo Rodewald
Director: Simon Chambers (UK)
Year: 2006
Run time: 62'
Location/Ethnic group: London/ Bangladeshi
Language: In English and Bengali with English subtitles
Production/Distribution: Simon Chambers
East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing form 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 form 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.
