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Mohsen Makhmalbaf asks why children in Afghan-Iranian border villages are not being educated.
A profile of Iranian director Samira Makhmalbaf, who won the coveted Cannes Prix de Jury at the age of 20 with Blackboards, which follows.
In the brutal mountains of the Iran-Iraq border, two nomadic teachers go in search of pupils.
With Said Mohamadi and Bahman Ghobadi. In Kurdish with English subtitles. Review page 44.
The 1960s pop icon performs in her first ever UK show at the Liquid Rooms.
The American political comedian on stage.