Leper / a film by Ellen Bruno ; produced and directed by Ellen Bruno.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bruno, Ellen, director, producer.

Sakya, Sapana, director, translator.

Farber, Jim, editor.

Chogkhan, Pema, editor.

MacLellan, John Grant, researcher.

Film Library (Firm), distributor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Nepali

Subjects (All):

Leprosy--Nepal.

Leprosy.

Nepal--Social life and customs.

Nepal.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Short films.

Ethnographic films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Title on DVD label and container sleeve: Leper live beyond stigma

Place of Publication:

Harriman, NY : Media Library, [2005]

Language Note:

In Nepali with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

"Provides a rare and intimate glimpse into a contemporary society of lepers in a remote village in Nepal. Villagers speak openly and emotionally about their relationship to their sickness, to the 'healthy' community outside the village boundaries, and the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings which surround a disease that has marked their bodies and their lives. The villagers speak eloquently of how, after much struggle and hardship, they build new lives for themselves, recreating family and community in the context of this disease. Their poignant and revealing stories offer heartfelt reflections on societal fears and aversions to sickness, bodily differences, and death."--Container sleeve.

Credits:

Assistant director and translation, Sapana Sakya; on line editor, Jim Farber; assistant editor, Pema Chogkhan; research assistant, John Grant MacLellan.

Notes:

Videodisc release of a motion picture produced in 2005.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

62408296