“In Iran with gender discrimination how do they allow a women bus
driver? I am surprised, this is rare in our society. I don't know how
they decided to give permission: an Iranian lady.”

Feminine, Masculine
“a resistance to injustice regarding women in the Iranian society”


In the male dominated society of Iran, Farahnaz Shiri, the first
female bus driver in Tehran, has made her own little society in her bus.

In Iran there are different sections for men and women on public
buses. Women should enter buses from the back door, which is separated
from men’s entrance, and should sit or stay in a limited zone at the
end of the buses which is separated from men’s zone.

But in Mrs. Shiri’s bus everything is vice-versa. She is the governor
and the only law maker of her own little society. In her bus, men must
enter from the backdoor entrance and must sit or stay in the limited
zone at the end of the bus.

Mrs. Shiri is struggling to prove herself in this society and
resisting a series of injustices that she faces as a woman in the
Iranian society.

Director: Sadaf Foroughi

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Donkey Caravan to Timbuktu : An Ubuntu Documentary

“A 900 kilometer journey across Sahara Desert”

Synopsis:

'It has been a tough trip, but we returned to Timbuktu with 39
donkeys', says Al Mouktar, chief of a Tuareg tribe near Timbuktu. Due
to three droughts and the civil war this tribe lost all of their
animals.  A Tuareg tribe in Bouressa, 900 kilometers up north, heard
of their problems and offered Al Mouktar its surplus of donkeys.

Before set off Al Mouktar, Al Joumarat, Al Kou and Achmed have to
chase the donkeys. After three days they have caught 39 of them and
set for Timbuktu. For 25 days they lead the herd across the never
ending plains, through sandstorms, across sand dunes, along a track
where they can find enough water.

Director: Mark Aardenburg

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festival:

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“Like Leaves in a Storm” : Blood, sweat and tea, they should never be
associated.

Synopsis:

With each morning cuppa of tea, think of how much each tea leaf
affects the lives of the thousands of tea workers in India. in
reality, tea has much more agony and life/death implications for those
cultivating it than we might EVER imagine.  Blood, sweat and tea, they
should never be associated.

“Everyday we donate one ounce of blood to the leeches to make this
blood we need to eat, but we don't have any money to buy the food
because we haven't got any salary for last 8 to 9 years”- a tea
plantation worker from India.

   A documentary on hardships and the effect of globalization on tea
garden workers in India. The continuous hardships, forced alienation
and marginalization of this community is a matter of grave concern.

Director: K.P. Sasi

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festival:

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