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The grass is singing / Chibote Limited and the Swedish Film Institute present ; a Mark Forstater production of a Michael Raeburn film ; written and directed by Michael Raeburn ; produced by Mark Forstater.
LIBRA DVD 019 024
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Grass is singing, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013--Film adaptations.
- Lessing, Doris.
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013.
- Rural conditions.
- Race relations.
- Southern Africa.
- Africa, Southern--Race relations--Drama.
- Africa, Southern.
- Africa, Southern--Rural conditions--Drama.
- Africa--In motion pictures.
- Africa.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Motion pictures, Zimbabwean.
- Motion pictures, Swedish.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Released in the U.S. under title: Killing heat
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, BC, Canada : Villon Films, [1997?]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The story of a desperately independent city-bred woman who gives up the comfort of her cosmopolitan life she's accustomed to for the sake of her man and eventual husband. Joining her husband in the African countryside where he is trying to make his way, but is unprepared to deal with the reality of country living. Gradually farm life begins to unnverve her, and in a grippling series of events she loses her self-control and becomes sexually involved with another man.
- Participant:
- Karen Black, John Thaw, John Kani.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Bille August; editor, Thomas Schwalm; music, Björn Isfält, Lasse Dahlberg; African music, Themba Tana.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1981.
- Based on The grass is singing / by Doris Lessing.
- Aspect ratio 4:3.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- OCLC:
- 239631160
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