Preceded by short: The Third Woman (MitriTabrizian, England, 1991). An Iranian woman who is a member ofan Islamic resistance group arrives in London to join her exiled leader.Tabrizian's acute drama is concerned with the paradoxical sexualpolitics operating within the Islamic ideology of the Left. (21 mins,B&W, 16mm, From Cinenova) High in Morocco'sAtlas mountains, the unwed occupants of isolated Berber villages preparefor the annual September ritual, the bride market. Gathering before theshrine of Imilchil, these young men and women attend the moussem, themarket, where tribespeople barter for sheep, camels, food, textiles-andmates. For three days, the marital hopefuls mix and mingle in an age-oldflirtation that results in a rather hasty ceremony in the nearbymarriage tent. Though the market somewhat favors the men, it is finallythe women who decide, declaring their choice with the poetic phrase"You have captured my liver," for Berbers the locale of love.In the provocative The Bride Market of Imilchil Christian and SteffenPierce have captured the tension, excitement and odd romance of thebride market, but also its fading purity, as the influx ofgovernment-inspired tourism-in which the filmmakers implicatethemselves-takes it toll.-Steve Seid