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Fourth Wednesday Free Film
7:00 PM
Free film, fun, conversation

Fourth Wednesdays Film Series — 7 pm  in the library meeting room.  Funded by the Friends of Greene County Library, these are award winning, first run, independent and foreign films from the top festivals, shown on the BIG SCREEN (in surround sound!). Come on out -- it's FREE and it's FUN. Join your friends, sip some coffee, watch a great film and join in a discussion afterwards. [These films have not been rated by the MPAA and should be assumed to have mature content.]

movie still“ARRANGED” directed by Diane Crespo & Stefan Schaefer

January 23, 2008
7:00 pm

Rochel is an Orthodox Jew, and Nasira a Muslim of Syrian origin. They are both young teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. They also have something else in common - they are going through the process of getting "arranged marriages" through their respective religious and traditional customs.

With both family pressure on the one hand, and the rejection of traditional values by the outside world on the other, Rochel and Nasira will have to rely on each other and their friendship to pull through this difficult time of their lives, striving to be strong women in charge of their own happiness, while keeping their deep religious and cultural convictions.

 "A gem of a film, beautifully shot and perfectly cast" -- Mary Glucksman, Filmmaker Magazine

RUNNING TIME: 89 min.
RELEASE DATE: 2007

Editor's movie notes and links:

"The interesting thing about the reviews is the polarization of opinions. Do not be dissuaded by the negative, keep reading and ponder the positive as well." Alex Carrier

Review from Spirituality and Practice a website of movie still“resources for spiritual journeys” link

New York Times Review

Variety review  

Film Movement – synopsis, technical specifications, cast and crew

Brooklyn International Film Festival (warning – some clickable links on this site don't click but what is there is worth a look)

Film Forward. Com’s review is interesting and eludes to other films tackling this subject. On my browser, some quote marks and other characters were replaced by question marks and boxes but you can still figure out the intent.

New York Cool reviewmovie still

IMDB

Wikipedia

Official film website

Stills from official website by Stills by Dan Hersey

YouTube official video on the movie 
 

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