Diamonds and rust / the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Arts and Culture Administration ; produced in association with TVOntario ; produced and directed by Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz.
Publisher:
First Run/Icarus Films,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videocassette (73 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
A cinema vérité documentary that spends 90 days in 1999 with the crew members of a De Beers diamond mining ship off the coast of Namibia. Racial and other tensions are observed as the white South African officers, Cuban captain and cook, Israeli security manager and black Namibian deck hands work punishing hours on the rusty old ship.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)49932339
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.