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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Kebede, Liya, 1978- producer.
Hawkins, Sally, 1976- producer.
Parkinson, Craig, producer.
Herrmann, Peter, 1954- producer.
Hormann, Sherry, producer.
Virgil Films
National Geographic Entertainment (Firm)
Match Factory (Firm)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dirie, Waris--Drama.
Dirie, Waris.
Women social reformers--Somalia--Drama.
Women social reformers.
Women--Political activity--Somalia--Drama.
Women.
Women's rights--Somalia--Drama.
Women's rights.
Models (Persons)--Somalia--Drama.
Models (Persons).
Fiction films.
Women--Political activity.
Somalia.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films
Feature films
Biographical films
Drama
Fiction films.
Motion pictures, United Kingdom.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
New York : Virgil Films, [2011]
Language Note:
English dialogue.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation..
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Inspired by the life of Waris Dirie, including how she escaped from an arranged marriage at the age of thirteen and embarked upon a two-hundred-mile journey across the desert of Somalia in an adventure that eventually led her into a modeling career.
Participant:
Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anthony Mackie, Timothy Spall.
Credits:
Director of photography, Ken Kelsch ; edited by Clara Fabry ; music by Martin Todsharow.
Notes:
Based on the autobiographic novel by Waris Dirie.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Bonus features: extended interviews; theatrical trailer.
For private home use only.
ISBN:
6314295084
9786314295080
OCLC:
733964180
Publisher Number:
829567075722
00829567075722 gtin-14
670757 Virgil Films

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