Quest for honor / SB Productions ; written, produced, and directed by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni ; producer, Lawrence Taub.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bruni, Mary Ann Smothers, screenwriter, producer, director.

Taub, Lawrence, producer.

Faraj, Runak, actor.

Karbasi, Farzeen, actor.

Ahmed, Abdulla Rasool, actor.

Ibrahim, Kalthum Murad, actor.

Hamad, Bahzad Waso, actor.

Rauf, Runak, actor.

Sagerma, Lawen Azad, actor.

Kakaiy, Hemin, actor.

Omer, Milko, actor.

Qadir, Nariman Abdulla, actor.

Waso, Ali Hamad, actor.

Aziz, Mustafa Rasool Hama, actor.

Blackstone, Wendy, composer.

Dickson, Deborah, editor.

SB Productions, producer.

Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.

Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

Language:

English

Kurdish

Subjects (All):

Honor killings--Iraq--Kurdistān.

Honor killings.

Women--Violence against--Iraq--Kurdistān.

Women.

Abused women--Services for--Iraq--Kurdistān.

Abused women.

Abused women--Services for.

Women--Violence against.

Iraq--Kurdistān.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York : Women Make Movies, [2009]

Language Note:

In Kurdish with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD-R; Dolby digital 5.1.

digital

optical

Dolby digital 5.1

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Describes the practice of "honor killing" of women by male relatives for actions deemed dishonorable to their families in Kurdistan, Iraq, and highlights efforts by Kurdish activists to end the practice.

Participant:

Runak Faraj, Farzeen Karbasi, Abdulla Rasool Ahmed, Kalthum Murad Ibrahim, Bahzad Waso Hamad, Runak Rauf, Lawen Azad Sagerma, Hemin Kakaiy, Milko Omer, Nariman Abdulla Qadir, Ali Hamad Waso, Mustafa Rasool Hama Aziz.

Credits:

Directors of photography, Behzad Oliadonighi, Kristian Dane lawing ; editors, Deborah Dickson ... [et al.] ; music, Wendy Blackstone.

Notes:

Originally released as a documentary in 2009.

Additional information on the film available online.

Special features: trailer ; response to screenings.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.

OCLC:

778366788

Online:

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