Life, above all [DVD] / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Bavaria International presents a Dreamer Joint Venture Production in co-production with Senator Film Produktion/Enigma Pictures and Niama Film ; written by Dennis Foon ; producer, Oliver Stoltz ; directed by Oliver Stoltz.
Format:
[DVD] /
Edition:
Widescreen edition.
Publisher:
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Based upon the novel "Chanda's secrets" by Allan Stratton. Special features : the making of "Life above all" ; BDLive enabled. Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, Harriet Manamela, Keaobaka Makanyane, Tinah Mnumzama.
Summary:
Just after the death of her newly born sister, Chanda, 12-years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth.
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