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Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Sandra must overcome the racial intolerance of her society in this uplifting true story.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muddiman, Hélène (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Elysian Films, Bard Entertainments (Firm), Moonlighting Films (Firm), Aramid Entertainment (Firm), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa), Lip Sync Productions (Firm), Entertainment One (Firm : India)
Other Authors: Okonedo, Sophie (Actor), Neill, Sam (Actor), Krige, Alice, 1954- (Actor), Kgoroge, Tony, Ramangwane, Ella, Fabian, Anthony (Producer, Director), Hofmeyr, Genevieve (Producer), Matheson, Margaret, 1946- (Producer), Crawley, Helen (Nutritionist) (Screenwriter), Keyt, Jessie, 1973- (Screenwriter), Kriel, Helena (Screenwriter), Stone, Judith, 1950-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One, [2011]
Subjects:
Mpumalanga (South Africa) > Race relations > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Colored people (South Africa) > Social conditions > Drama.
Apartheid > South Africa > Drama.
Racism > South Africa > Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Sandra must overcome the racial intolerance of her society in this uplifting true story.
Item Description:Based on the best selling book "When she was white" by Judith Stone.
Originally produced as a feature film in 2008.
Aditional production companies: Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited, National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, and Lip Sync Productions.
Special features: behind the scenes featurette; deleted scenes; outtakes; script development workshops.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Audience:Rating: PG-13; for thematic material, some violence, and sexuality.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Dewald Aukema, Jonathan Partridge ; editor, St. John O'Rorke ; music, Helene Muddiman.
ISBN:9781417233816
1417233818