Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the book by Waris Dirie. |
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Originally produced as a feature film in 2009. |
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Bonus features: extended interviews; theatrical trailer. |
Cast |
Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anthony Mackie, Timothy Spall. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Ken Kelsch ; edited by Clara Fabry ; music by Martin Todsharow. |
Audience |
MPAA Rating: R. |
Summary |
Inspired by the life of Waris Dirie, including how she escaped from an arranged marriage at the age of thirteen and embarked upon a two-hundred-mile journey across the desert of Somalia in an adventure that eventually led her into a modeling career. |
Subject |
Dirie, Waris -- Drama.
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Women social reformers -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women -- Political activity -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women's rights -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Models (Persons) -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Biographical films.
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Added Author |
Kebede, Liya, 1978-
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Hawkins, Sally.
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Parkinson, Craig.
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Herrmann, Peter, 1954-
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Hormann, Sherry.
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Dirie, Waris.
Desert flower.
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Virgil Films (Firm)
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National Geographic Entertainment (Firm)
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Match Factory (Firm)
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Standard No. |
829567075722 |
Music No. |
670757 Virgil Films |
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