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Thomas Sankara : the upright man / Zorn Production International, ARTE France, France 3 (Lorraine-Champagne-Ardenne) present ; a film by Robin Shuffield ; une production Zorn Production International... [and others].
LIBRA DVD 001 846
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Sankara, Thomas.
- Presidents--Burkina Faso--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Burkina Faso--Politics and government.
- Burkina Faso.
- Politics and government.
- Burkina Faso--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen format.
- Other Title:
- Upright man
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Narration in English; dialogue in French, with yellow English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A biography of Thomas Sankara, a charismatic army captain who became the first president of Burkina Faso after a popularly-supported coup. During his four years in office before being assassinated, he instituted a wide range of progressive social and economic reforms.
- Credits:
- Photography, Marc Ridley, Robin Shuffield ; editing, Samuel Gantier, Serge Dietrich ; original music, Cyril Orcel.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- OCLC:
- 182863633
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