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Title Boesman & Lena Kino International, Pathé Image Production and Primedia Pictures ; producers, François Ivernel, Pierre Rissient ; written and directed by John Berry.

Imprint New York : Kino International : [distributor] Kino on Video, [2001], c1999.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD  DVD BOESMAN    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, Dolby prologic with pan & scan and widescreen versions.
Cast Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Willie Jonah.
Credits Cinematographer, Alain Choquart ; editor, Jeanne Moutard.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Based on the play "Boesman & Lena" by Athol Fugard.
Summary Examines the devastating effects of racism on the human spirit through the progress of one couple's life together under Apartheid, as they are pushed from the bucolic Eden of South African farmlands into a makeshift shelter on the mudflats near Cape Town.
Note Special features: interviews with Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, director John Berry and writer Athol Fugard; theatrical trailer; cast and filmmaker bios.
Subject Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
Black people -- South Africa -- Drama.
Racism -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- In motion pictures.
Added Author Ivernel, François.
Rissient, Pierre.
Berry, John.
Glover, Danny.
Bassett, Angela.
Jonah, Willie.
Choquart, Alain.
Moutard, Jeanne.
Fugard, Athol. Boesman and Lena.
Kino International Corporation.
Pathé Image (Firm)
Primedia Pictures (Firm)
Added Title Boesman and Lena.
Standard No. 738329020927
Music No. K209
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