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Rain in a dry land [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Anne Makepeace ; a co-production with Anne Makepeace Productions, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with P.O.V./American Documentary, Inc. ; in association with the Center for Independent Documentary.

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The Center Library 973.04 1 Rai 2006 146459 Video Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 1594585237
  • ISBN: 9781594585234
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Oley, PA] : Bullfrog Films [distributor], c2006.

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Creation/Production Credits Note: Directors of photography, Joan Churchill, Barney Broomfield ; editor, Mary Lampson ; composer, Joel Goodman.
Summary, etc.: Tale of two remarkable families, refugees from the 1991 civil war in Somalia, who find new homes in urban America. Emmy award-winning filmmaker Anne Makepeace captures the poetry, the humor, and the astonishing resilience of these new Americans as they show us our world through new eyes.
System Details Note: DVD-R, NTSC.
Language Note: Bantu and English dialog, with English subtitles.
Subject: Somalis > United States.
Refugees > United States.
Refugees > Somalia.
Documentary films > Somalia.
Somalia > History > 1960-1991.
Somalia > History > 1991-
Documentary films.
Refugees.
Somalis.
Somalia.
United States.
Genre: Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.

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