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Title:

Bonsai people [videorecording] : the vision of Muhammad Yunus / directed and produced by Holly Mosher.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Hummingbird Pictures,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

3 videodiscs (ca. 256 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Yunus, Muhammad,--1940-
Microfinance--Bangladesh.
Bangladesh--Economic conditions--21st century.
Women--Bangladesh.
Businesswomen--Bangladesh.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Mosher, Holly.
Uppal, Natasha.
Yunus, Muhammad, 1940-
Hummingbird Pictures.

Notes:

Title from Feature DVD.

Contents:

[disc 1] Feature DVD (ca. 79 min.) -- [disc 2] TV DVD (ca. 57 min.) -- [disc 3] Bonus DVD (ca. 120 min)

Summary:

Filmed on location in Bangladesh, demonstrates the positive effects of micro-loans by the Garmeen Bank on several rural Bangladeshi families including their ability to empower women to become leaders in their families and their communities. Demonstrates how Nobel Peace Price winner, Muhammad Yunus, in partnership with world businesses, uses the power of "microcredit" and "social business" to unleash human potential through purposely designed social/business ventures.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)760307380

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)