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

Online:

The Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund Home Page