Dreaming rivers /
After the death of their mother, who emigrated to England from St. Lucia to be with their father, two sisters and a brother of white English and Black Caribbean parentage attempt to fathom her psyche, her homesickness and depression after their father left the family, and their own ambiguous sense o...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French |
| Language Notes: | Dialogue in English and some French. |
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New York, N.Y. :
Women Make Movies,
[1997?]
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| Summary: | After the death of their mother, who emigrated to England from St. Lucia to be with their father, two sisters and a brother of white English and Black Caribbean parentage attempt to fathom her psyche, her homesickness and depression after their father left the family, and their own ambiguous sense of identity and belonging. |
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| Item Description: | Videodisc release of the 1988 motion picture. "A Sankofa film."--Disc surface. "Sankofa is a collective of black, British filmmakers and was founded in 1983 by filmmakers Isaac Julien, Martina Attille, Maureen Blackwood, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, and Robert Crusz. Sankofa was one of several collectives and film workshops supported by the Greater London Council to encourage diversity. Sankofa specializes in distinctive, short films."--Women Make Movies website. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R, NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Nina Kellgren; edting, Esther Ronay; music, Shirley Thompson; assistant director, Isaac Tulen. |