Snow monkey / Screen Australia, Unicorn Films, & Gittoes Films ; in association with Piraya Film present ; a film by George Gittoes ; directed by George Gittoes ; produced by Lizzette Atkins & George Gittoes.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gittoes, George, 1949- film director, film producer, editor of moving image work.

Atkins, Lizzette, film producer.

Alam, Waqar, editor of moving image work.

Rose, Hellen, composer (expression), performer.

Screen Australia, production company.

Unicorn Films, production company.

Gittoes Films, production company.

Piraya Film (Firm), production company.

Film Platform, publisher.

Cinephil, Ltd., film distributor.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

Arabic

English

Pushto

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Children.

Afghanistan--Social life and customs.

Afghanistan.

Manners and customs.

Children--Afghanistan--Jalālābād.

Gangs--Afghanistan--Jalālābād.

Afghanistan--Jalālābād.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Sausalito, Calif,] : Film Platform ; [Tel Aviv, Israel] : world sales, Cinephil, 2015.

Language Note:

In Arabic, English and Pashtu with subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.

digital optical

widescreen (1.85:1)

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

"In Snow Monkey, Gittoes paints a portrait of a Jalalabad seething with humanity, adversity and hope--focusing on three gangs of children: the Ghostbusters, persecuted Kochi boys who hawk exorcisms of bad luck and demons; the Snow Monkeys, who sell ice cream to support their families; and the Gangsters, a razor gang led by a nine-year-old antihero called Steel, terrifying to the core but still capable of experiencing aspects of the childhood seemingly taken from him. With a deeply humane vision, Gittoes shows us the unseen nature of Afghanistan's politics, culture and society, up close and startlingly personal."--Container.

Credits:

Cinematography, Waqar Alam [and three others]; editor, Nick Meyers; music, Hellen Rose.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2015.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

OCLC:

976433287