Brown girl begins / a film by Sharon Lewis ; written & directed by Sharon Lewis ; producer[s], Sharon Lewis, Floyd Kane, Vince Buda, Jenn Paul.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Motion picture adaptation of work: Hopkinson, Nalo. Brown girl in the ring, author.

Contributor:

Lewis, Sharon M. (Sharon Mareeka), 1965- film director, screenwriter, film producer.

Kane, Floyd, film producer.

Buda, Vince, film producer.

Paul, Jenn, film producer.

Traoré, Mouna, actor.

Kabongo, Emmanuel, 1986- actor.

S'aida, Shakura, actor.

Williams, Nigel Shawn, actor.

Crawford, Rachael, actor.

Brueggergosman, Measha, actor.

Rudder, David, actor.

Forand, Marc (Cinematographer), director of photography.

Lawrence, Ben (Motion picture editor), editor of moving image work.

Mandin, Richard (Motion picture editor), editor of moving image work.

Ferrera, Aaron (Composer), composer (expression).

Gravitas Ventures (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hopkinson, Nalo--Film adaptations.

Hopkinson, Nalo.

Caribbean Americans--Drama.

Caribbean Americans.

Drug traffic--Drama.

Drug traffic.

Folklore--Caribbean Area--Drama.

Folklore.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

Dystopian films.

Fiction films.

Drama.

Fantasy films.

Feature films.

Science fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

color.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Subtitle from container: The future is her

Place of Publication:

[El Segundo, CA?] : Gravitas Ventures, [2018]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

System Details:

DVD, wide screen, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

digital

optical

stereo

surround

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

It's 2049 and a druglord owns the streets of the Burn. Young Ti-Jeanne must choose between her fear of dying like her mother, or harnessing the power of the Caribbean spirits to save her people.

Participant:

Mouna Traoré, Emmanuel Kabongo, Shakura S'aida, Nigel Shawn Williams, Rachael Crawford, Hannah Chantée, Measha Brueggergosman, David Rudder.

Credits:

Director of photography, Marc Forand ; editors, Ben Lawrence, Richard Mandin ; composer, Aaron Ferrera.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Inspired by Nalo Hopkinson's novel Brown girl in the ring.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of work: Hopkinson, Nalo. Brown girl in the ring, author.

OCLC:

1062399208

Publisher Number:

812034032656

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