Un homme qui crie = A screaming man [video recording] / Mahamat - Saleh Haroun.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3545020019757 | Film MovementPublication details: New York, NY : Pyramide video, 2010.Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 3545020019757
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT546.48 .C45H37
Contents:
"Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the authorities demand the people contribute to the "war effort" with money or volunteers old enough to fight. Adam is constantly harassed for his contribution, but he is penniless. In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret"--Container.Expectations: "Having left on a long journey across the desert, Moussa suddenly shows up in his village again one day. He clearly never reached his destination. Completely transformed by his ordeal, he is now apathetic, locked in silence, and indifferent to everything around him. But his creditors, who lent him the money for his journey, are growing impatient"--Containeeyes saddened by experience, but made righteously fiery with the hope that she can reduce the misery of future generations. At 81, Mr. Sembene has made a masterpiece, both a critique of traditional forms of authority and a celebration of the warmth and dynamism of African village life.
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Audio-Visual Material Audio-Visual Material Athi-River Campus Multimedia DT546.48.C45H37 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan AV062
Audio-Visual Material Audio-Visual Material Athi-River Campus Multimedia DT546.48.C45H37 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan AV063
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DT14 .M39 1986 The Africans: A triple heritage : DT14 .M39 1986 The Africans: A triple heritage : DT29.K46 History DT546.48.C45H37 2010 Un homme qui crie = A screaming man DT572.C17A35 1992 Afrique, --je te plumerai-- DT572.C17A35 1992 Afrique, --je te plumerai-- DT658.L69 Lumumba

"Adam, a former swimming champion in his sixties, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad. When the hotel gets taken over by new Chinese owners, he is forced to give up his job to his son Abdel, leaving Adam humiliated and resentful. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of a civil war. Rebel forces are attacking the government and the authorities demand the people contribute to the "war effort" with money or volunteers old enough to fight. Adam is constantly harassed for his contribution, but he is penniless. In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret"--Container.Expectations: "Having left on a long journey across the desert, Moussa suddenly shows up in his village again one day. He clearly never reached his destination. Completely transformed by his ordeal, he is now apathetic, locked in silence, and indifferent to everything around him. But his creditors, who lent him the money for his journey, are growing impatient"--Containeeyes saddened by experience, but made righteously fiery with the hope that she can reduce the misery of future generations. At 81, Mr. Sembene has made a masterpiece, both a critique of traditional forms of authority and a celebration of the warmth and dynamism of African village life.

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