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Independent Film Series: Arranged
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:30 PM
Watch and discuss this award-winning independent film.
Film Description: Rochel, a young Jewish Orthodox woman, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to embark on what her father and mother call the “most exciting time of her life”—the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a “shadchen,” or matchmaker.
As the school year gets underway, she meets Nasira, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent who is also a first-year teacher. The two young women—Rochel in her long skirt and conservative blouse, Nasira in her headscarf—stand out in this public school context.
They develop a deep friendship that transcends their insular Brooklyn communities and the religions that seem so at odds in the broader world.
“The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative.”—Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle
Herrick District Library 300 South River Avenue Holland, MI 49423 http://www.herrickdl.org phone: 616.355.3100 42.786183, -86.109186
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Herrick District Library 300 South River Avenue Holland, MI 49423 http://www.herrickdl.org phone: 616.355.3100 42.786183, -86.109186
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