Boesman & Lena / Pathé Image Production and Primedia Pictures ; producers, François Ivernel, Pierre Rissient ; written and directed by John Berry.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Berry, John, director, screenwriter.

Ivernel, François, producer.

Rissient, Pierre, producer.

Glover, Danny, actor.

Bassett, Angela, actor.

Fugard, Athol.

Pathé Image (Firm), producer.

Primedia Pictures (Firm), producer.

Kino International Corporation, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugard, Athol--Film adaptations.

Fugard, Athol.

Apartheid--South Africa--Drama.

Apartheid.

Black people--South Africa--Drama.

Black people.

Racism--South Africa--Drama.

Racism.

South Africa--In motion pictures.

South Africa.

Motion pictures, French.

Motion pictures, South African.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Romance films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Edition:

Pan & scan version ; Letterboxed.

Other Title:

Boesman and Lena

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kino International, [2001]

System Details:

DVD - NTSC; Dolby prologic.

digital

optical

Dolby

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Examines the devastating effects of racism on the human spirit through the progress of one couple's life together under Apartheid, as they are pushed from the bucolic Eden of South African farmlands into a makeshift shelter on the mudflats near Cape Town.

Participant:

Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Willie Jonah.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Alain Choquart ; editor, Jeanne Moutard.

Notes:

Based on the play "Boesman & Lena" by Athol Fugard.

Aspect ratio 2.35:1.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.

Special features: interviews with Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, director John Berry and writer Athol Fugard; theatrical trailer; cast and filmmaker biographies.

Related Work:

Fugard, Athol. Boesman & Lena.

ISBN:

9991235086

OCLC:

46980243

Publisher Number:

738329020927

K209 Kino International