@article{1355555,
      recid = {1355555},
      author = {Oskooee, Mehrdad.},
      title = {My mother's home, lagoon [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (30 min.)},
      year = {2001},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Like Kurosawa's Woman in the Dunes, 67-year-old Kobra  battles the elements on a lagoon in Iran to eke out a  living for herself and her 100-year-old invalid mother.  Even on New Year's day she is out in her rowboat before  dawn, dropping and hauling her nets for the modest catch.  She must argue fiercely with the men in the marketplace for  a fair price, and physically battle fishermen on the water  who claim the territory where her nets are placed. In an  unforgettable scene the men tear her nets and scuffle with  her on the deck until she falls into the water. Mother and  daughter live together in a weather- beaten cottage on the  edge of the lagoon. Pictures of their deceased loved ones  surround them. The Koran, the voice of the mullahs on the  radio, and their love for one another sustain them. With  simplicity and honesty, this documentary makes a universal  statement of the harsh realities many women face, and the  strength that sustains them.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355555},
}