Crimes of honour / Bishnari Films presents ; produced by Bishari Film Productions Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed, produced and written by Shelley Saywell.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Saywell, Shelley, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Smits, Sonja, 1958- narrator.

Khanjian, Arsinée, 1958-

Bishari Film Productions.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Icarus Films.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Crimes against--Religious aspects--Islam.

Women.

Honor killings--West Bank.

Honor killings.

Honor killings--Jordan.

Muslim women--West Bank.

Muslim women.

Muslim women--Jordan.

Women--Religious aspects--Islam.

Families--Religious aspects--Islam.

Families.

Jordan.

West Bank.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (44 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Crimes of honor

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]

Language Note:

in English and Arabic with English voiceovers.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

This is the story of women in Islamic culture who are killed by their male relatives because they are thought to have dishonored their families by engaging in unacceptable relationships with men, or have run away.

Participant:

Narrator, Sonja Smits ; Rania's letter read by Arsinee Khanjian.

Credits:

Editor, Deborah Palloway ; cinematographer, Michael Grippo ; original music, Kevan Staples for Rhythm Division.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Bishari Film Productions Inc., c1999.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 9, 2015).

Publisher Number:

if-cri Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.