Title The breadwinner / an Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions film in association with Jolie Pas Productions ; directed by Nora Twomey ; screen story by Deborah Ellis ; screenplay by Anita Doron ; produced by Anthony Leo [and four others].

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Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]

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Avon Free Public Library - Teen	TEEN DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level	DVD FAMILY FILM BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD BRE	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD	DVD BREADWINNER	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 rda
	NTSC rda
	video file DVD video region 1 rda
	Motion picture.
System Details	DVD; NTSC Region 1; Anamorphic widescreen 2.39:1; Dolby digital 5.1
Language	English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performer	Voices, Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus.
Credits	Editor, Darragh Byrne ; music, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna ; director: Nora Twormey.
Note	Based on the book by Deborah Ellis.
	Anamorphic wide screen (2.39:1).
Audience	Rating: PG-13; for thematic material including some violent images.
Summary	Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.
Note	Bonus features: Introduction by director Nora Twomey and executive producer Angelina Jolie; audio commentary with the filmmakers; the making of "The breadwinner"; theatrical trailer.
Subject	Ellis, Deborah, 1960- -- Film adaptations.
	Taliban -- Drama.
	Girls -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
	Sex role -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
	Women's rights -- Afghanistan -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Animated films.
	Film adaptations.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Twomey, Nora, film director.
	Doron, Anita, 1974- screenwriter.
	Leo, Anthony, film producer.
	Cauhdarī, Sārah, voice actor.
	Chhaya, Soma, voice actor.
	Sadiq, Laara, voice actor.
	Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ellis, Deborah, 1960- Breadwinner series.
	Aircraft Pictures (Firm), producer company.
	Cartoon Saloon (Firm), producer company.
	Melusine Productions, producer company.
	Jolie Pas (Firm), producer company.
	Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Standard No.	191329051573
Music No.	44195705 Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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