Siren spirits / British Film Institute and BBC Films present a Leda Serene production ; writers, Bonnie Greer ...[and others] ; producer, Penny Gold .. [and others] ; directors, Ngozi Onwurah, Pratibha Parmar, Frances-Anne Solomon, Dani Williamson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Onwurah, Ngozi, director.

Parmar, Pratibha, director.

Williamson, Dani, director.

Solomon, Frances-Anne, director.

British Film Institute, producer.

BBC Films, producer.

Leda Serene Films (Firm), producer.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Black--Race identity--Drama.

Women, East Indian--Race identity--Drama.

Mothers and daughters--Drama.

Mothers and daughters.

Women, East Indian.

Women, Black.

Fathers and daughters--Drama.

Fathers and daughters.

Race relations.

Genre:

Drama.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (80 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

White men are cracking up.

Memsahib Rita.

Get me to the crematorium on time.

Bideshi.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Women Make Movies [distributor], [1994]

System Details:

VHS - NTSC.

analog

magnetic

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

"White Men Are Cracking Up" uses a murder mystery to explore the legacies of British colonialism and the exoticization of Black women. Using magic realism, "Memsahib Rita" by Pratibha Parmar looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother. Dani Williamson's "Get Me to the Crematorium on Time" is a moving portrait of undying love and grief. When her husband of twenty years dies, Bonetta is overcome by her loss and is taken to a mental hospital; but she knows she must escape to get to the crematorium to say farewell to the man with whom she has shared her life.

In Frances-Anne Solomon's "Bideshi" a 50-year-old Bengali man lies in a coma in hospital, his soul stuck in a dark tunnel near death, until a resolution of his conflict with his daughter liberates his spirit.

Contents:

White men are cracking up (20 min.)

Memsahib Rita (18 min.)

Get me to the crematorium on time (18 min.)

Bideshi (25 min.).

Notes:

Composed of four short dramas by international women directors.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

35126028