Middle East Films - University of Virginia Library
Arabic language films at the University of Virginia.
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DATE TITLE: AUTHOR:
1 1991 al-Jabal UL
2 1984 Ramparts of clay UL
3 1980 Noce en Galilee UL
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TITLE al-Jabal [videorecording]
OTHER TITLE The mountain [videorecording]
PUBLISHED Tarzana, Calif. : Jarmaq Productions ; [1991?].
DESCRIPTION 1 videocassette (34 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 4
reviews.
Arabic dialogue, English subtitles.
Videocassette release of a 1991 motion picture.
FORMAT VHS format [NTSC]
CREDITS Written, directed and edited by Hanna Elias ; photography,
Iyvone Miklish.
CAST Meschaih Asaff, Rabiah Morkus.
SUMMARY A Palestinian Arab girl is betrothed by her father to a well-
to-do lawyer. She loves a younger man, but would risk being
killed by the men of her village if she ran away to marry
him. Her grandmother and mother agree to assist her attempt
to climb the barrier mountain and escape.
SUBJECT TERMS Short films.
Women, Palestinian Arab--Social conditions.
Betrothal--Palestine.
AUTHORS Elias, Hanna.
Asaff, Meschaih.
Morkus, Rabiah.
Miklish, Iyvone.
Jarmaq Productions.
LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS
CLEMONS Video VID0000 .VHS6494
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TITLE Ramparts of clay [videorecording]
PUBLISHED [Burbank, CA] : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [c1984]
DESCRIPTION 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
VHS format [NTSC]
Arabic dialogue, English subtitles.
Videocassette release of the 1970 motion picture.
Based on: Chebika / Jean Duvignaud.
CREDITS Director, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli; screenplay, Jean Duvignaud;
photography, Andreas Winding; editor, Fran ois Ceppi;
music, Taos Amrouche.
CAST Leila Schenna, Kricheche.
SUMMARY When the inhabitants of her village are hired to cut rock
salt, a young Tunisian woman sees the possibility of a more
liberated life style outside of the rigidly structured
village, where ancient customs demand that women be in a
subservient position in life.
SUBJECT TERMS Feature films.
AUTHORS Bertuccelli, Jean-Louis.
Schenna, Leila.
Kricheche.
Duvignaud, Jean. Chebika.
Cinema 5.
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)
LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS
CLEMONS Video VID0000 .VHS3204 Not checked out
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TITLE Noce en Galil e [videorecording]
OTHER TITLE Wedding in Galilee videorecording
PUBLISHED New York, N.Y. : Kino International Corp., [198-?]
DESCRIPTION 1 videocassette (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
VHS format [NTSC]
In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Videocassette release of a 1987 motion picture.
Cover title: Wedding in Galilee.
CREDITS Original scenario, Michel Khleifi ; director of photography,
Walther Van Den Ende ; music, Jean-Marie Senia.
CAST Akham Khouri, Youssef Abou Wardeh, Ouliano Merkhamis, Ian
Chemi.
SUMMARY Shows a wedding ceremony in Galilee.
SUBJECT TERMS Weddings--Israel--Galilee.
Marriage customs and rites--Israel--Galilee.
Feature films.
AUTHORS Khleifi, Michel.
LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS
CLEMONS Video VID0000 .VHS4326 Not checked out
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