The Syrian Bride Effect.

I showed "The Syrian Bride" to my GED students at the center and at the jail. Considering most of them are unused to watching a foreign language film with subtitles, they coped very well and really enjoyed it. The guys at the jail usually only pay attention to films with car chases, guns and sex, but they too gave the film rapt attention and even were talking about the movie as they were watching, as opposed to talking through the movie, which they normally do if they are bored. Rarely has a film captured the sense of place and time as well as helped people understand the enigmatic quality of that particular region of the world. This film should be required viewing in american classrooms.