Arranged

Resource Information

The work Arranged represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Arranged

Statement of responsibility

Cicala Filmworks presents ; story by Stefan Schaefer, Yuta Silverman ; written by Stefan Schaefer ; produced and directed by Diane Crespo, Stefan Schaefer

Contributor

• Benhamou, Francis
• Crespo, Diane
• Greenwell, Erin
• Habibion, Sohrab
• Hampton, Michael, 1956-
• Hersey, Dan
• Lister-Jones, Zoe
• Schaefer, Stefan
• Silverman, Yuta
• Thüring, Jan
• Cicala Filmworks
• Film Movement (Firm)
• Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Subject

• Animated films
• Arranged marriage
• Arranged marriage -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Friendship
• Friendship -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Jewish women
• Jewish women -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Muslim women
• Muslim women -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Brooklyn
• Short films
• Teachers
• Teachers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Short films
• Drama
• Animated films
• DVD-Video discs

Language

eng

Summary

• Arranged: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. A young Orthodox woman, Rochel Meshenberg, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to begin the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a "shadchen," or matchmaker. As the school year gets underway, Rochel meets Nasira Khaldi, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent. Nasira is also a first-year teacher. The two young women - Rochel in long skirt and conservative blouse, Nasira in headscarf - stand out in this public school context. The principal is forever reminding them that although they are some of her smartest, most gifted teachers, they are also stunted by their outmoded customs, religions, and by their patriarchal worldviews. As the school year progresses, Rochel and Nasira realize they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both going through what the outside world calls "arranged marriages." They develop a friendship that transcends their insular Brooklyn communities and the religions that seem so at odds and, as their friendship deepens, they are exposed to each other's worlds
• Das Floß (The raft): An animated film about two starving and exhausted castaways who are lost at sea. When a seagull drops a fish onto their raft, their friendship is put to the ultimate test. Produced by the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2004

Related

• Raft
• Floß

Member of

• Film Movement series, v. 5, film 12

Awards note

• Arranged: Berkshire International Film Festival, Audience Award, 2007; Brooklyn International Film Festival, Grand Chameleon Award, Best Narrative Feature, 2007.
• Das Floß (The raft): Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Best Animation Award, 2004.

Cataloging source

VXJ

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producers, Andrew Lund, Yuta Silverman ; edited by Erin Greenwell ; director of photography, Dan Hersey ; music, Sohrab Habibion, Michael Hampton

Dewey number

791.43

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.A7736 2007

PerformerNote

Zoe Lister-Jones, Francis Benhamou, Doris Belack, Mimi Lieber, Daniel London, Laith Nakli, Alysia Reiner, John Rothman, Alison Becker, David Castro, Sanjit De Silva, Peggy Gormley, Jason Liebman, Arian Moayed, Jake Robards, Gina Shmukler, Marcia Jean Kurtz

Runtime

89

Series statement

Film Movement series

Series volume

v. 5, film 12

Technique

live action