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"Like every Carmen, Karmen Geï is about the infinite desire for freedom and the laws, conventions, languages, the human limitations which constrain that desire"--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Ramaka, Joseph Gai, Gaï, Djeïnabe Diop, Niang, Magaye, Biddle, Stephanie, Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875, Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Format: Video VHS Book Chapter
Language:French
Wolof
Language Notes:In French and Wolof with English subtitles.
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2001]
Series:Library of African cinema (Videocassette)
Subjects:
Lesbians > Drama.
Bisexual women > Drama.
Musical films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, African.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:"Like every Carmen, Karmen Geï is about the infinite desire for freedom and the laws, conventions, languages, the human limitations which constrain that desire"--Container.
Item Description:Based on Prosper Merimée's novella, adapted in Georges Bizet's opera.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (82 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Screenplay, Joseph Gai Ramaka ; original music by Julien Jouga, David Murray, Doudou N'Diaye Rose ; cinematography, Bertrand Chatry ; editing, He̋lène Girard.