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Title:

A girl in the river (DVD) : the price of forgiveness / HBO Original Programming ; HBO Documentary Films presents a film by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ; produced and directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ; an SOC Films production.

Publisher:

Distributed by Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Punjabi language films.
Foreign films, Punjabi.
Honor killings--Pakistan.
Honor killings--Pakistan--Case studies.
Women--Violence against--Pakistan.
Victims of violent crimes--Pakistan.
Women--Pakistan--Social conditions.
Women's rights--Pakistan.
Human rights--Pakistan.
Honor--Social aspects--Pakistan.
Forgiveness--Pakistan.
Documentary films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Obaid-Chinoy, Sharmeen, film director. film director.
Faruqi, Asad, director of photography.
Blackstone, Wendy, composer (expression)
Bartz, Geof, editor of moving image work.
HBO Documentary Films, presenter.
HBO Original Programming, production company.
SOC Films, production company.
Home Box Office (Firm), publisher.
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

DVD release of the 2015 documentary. Widescreen. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Summary:

Told through the lens of a love story, this Oscar-nominated documentary examines the tensions between modernism and tradition in Pakistan. The film follows Saba, a young Pakistani woman, who has survived her attempted honor killing by her own family in Gujranwala.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)960912694

UPC:

888574432850

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)