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Family motel / Instinct Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada presents ; directed by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman ; original concept and treatment, Helene Klodawsky ; created in collaboration with Hodan Shafici Mohamed.
LIBRA DVD 007 581
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Somali
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and daughters--Ontario--Ottawa--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Somalis--Canada--Social conditions--21st century--Drama.
- Somalis.
- Somalis--Ontario--Ottawa--Social conditions--21st century--Drama.
- Immigrants--Canada--Social conditions--Drama.
- Immigrants.
- Homeless families--Canada--Drama.
- Homeless families.
- Women, Somali--Canada--Social conditions--21st century--Drama.
- Women, Somali.
- Women, Somali--Ontario--Ottawa--Social conditions--21st century--Drama.
- Women immigrants--Canada--Social conditions--21st century--Drama.
- Women immigrants.
- Teenage immigrants--Services for--Canada--Drama.
- Teenage immigrants.
- Single mothers--Canada--Economic conditions--Drama.
- Single mothers.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Canada.
- Ontario--Ottawa.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Motion pictures, Canadian.
- Motion pictures, Somali.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : ArtMattan Productions, [between 2007 and 2009]
- Language Note:
- In English and Somali with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "Headstrong Ayan, a refugee from Somalia, has big dreams. New to Canada, she'll show anyone she can provide for her family. Still, it's difficult to keep it all together. On top of the soaring rent, her daughters, 16-year-old Nasrah and 13-year-old Leila, need braces. And even working two jobs as a cleaner, it's tough to find enough money to send to her anxious husband and two sons still stuck in East Africa. Ayan's confidence is shaken when she is unexpectedly evicted for late payment of rent. It is the beginning of the summer break from school, and the city faces a severe housing shortage. Ayan and her daughters are exiled to the city's tattered hinterland among other homeless families, hookers and unsettled souls. A vibrant and contemporary feature drama fired by a trio of remarkable debut performances, Family Motel charts one eventful summer in the lives of Ayan and her girls as they confront life on the edge."--National Film Board of Canada website.
- Participant:
- Nargis Jibril, Asha Jibril, Sagal Jibril.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, German Gutierrez; editor, Tony Asimakopoulos; music, Bertrand Chénier.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2007.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 495867725
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