Title Desert flower [(DVD) videorecording] / National Geographic Entertainment and The Match Factory present ; produced by Peter Herrmann ; written and directed by Sherry Hormann.

Publication Info.	New York : Virgil Films, [date of publication not identified]
	℗2009

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1499001~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
Naper Blvd. Adult DVD Fiction	F DES	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen.
Note	Title from container.
	Based on the book by Waris Dirie.
	Originally produced as a feature film in 2009.
	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.
	Women social reformers -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Women -- Political activity -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Women's rights -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	Models (Persons) -- Somalia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
	DVDs.
Genre	Feature films.
	Fiction films.
	Biographical films.
Added Author	Kebede, Liya, 1978-
	Hawkins, Sally.
	Parkinson, Craig.
	Herrmann, Peter, 1954-
	Hormann, Sherry.
	Dirie, Waris. Desert flower.
	Virgil Films (Firm)
	National Geographic Entertainment (Firm)
	Match Factory (Firm)
Standard No.	829567075722
Music No.	670757 Virgil Films

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