Sweet Sorghum [digital video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Lydall, Jean, author, film director.

Strecker, Ivo A., 1940- author, film director.

Strecker, Kaira, author, film director.

Husmann, Rolf, producer.

Strecker, Kaira, author.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 32 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

In Sweet Sorghum we are introduced to the filmmaker's daughter, Rosie, (now in her early twenties) as she reflects on her childhood spent among the Hamar herdsmen, an isolated people of southwestern Ethiopia. The film reveals the intimacy of shared family life and childhood relationships between the Hamar, Rosie and her brother.

General Note:

Title from title frames.

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Hamar (African people) -- Ethiopia -- Drama.

Friendship -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Language:

English