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Angels are made of light / Ro*co Films presents ; in association with Justfilms, Ford Foundation, in co-production with Final Cut for Real, Louverture Films, Piraya Films ; a Daylight Factory production ; directed and produced by James Longley.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- Dargwa
- English
- Pushto
- Subjects (All):
- School children--Afghanistan--Kabul.
- School children.
- Teachers--Afghanistan--Kabul.
- Teachers.
- Social conditions.
- Afghanistan--Economic conditions.
- Afghanistan.
- Economic conditions.
- Afghanistan--Social conditions.
- Afghanistan--Kabul.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Academic Video Online.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In Dari, Pashto and Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A stirring and beautiful documentary from Academy Award nominated director James Longley (Iraq in Fragments), Angels Are Made of Light traces the lives of young students and their teachers at a school in the old city of Kabul. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offers an intimate and nuanced vision of a society living in the shadow of war.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 10, 2020).
- Won 2018 Camden International Film Festival, Harrell Award - Special Mention
- OCLC:
- 1231566299
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5093556/marc
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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