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Desert flower [videorecording] / National Geographic Entertainment and The Match Factory present ; produced by Peter Herrmann ; written and directed by Sherry Hormann. , Great Britain Germany Austria. - New York : Virgil Films, c2011. - 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the autobiographic novel by Waris Dirie. Bonus features: extended interviews; theatrical trailer. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.

Director of photography, Ken Kelsch ; edited by Clara Fabry ; music by Martin Todsharow. Director of photography, Ken Kelsch ; edited by Clara Fabry ; music by Martin Todsharow.

Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anthony Mackie, Timothy Spall.

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.

MPAA rating: R.


DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen.

Standard No.: 829567075722

Publisher. No.: 670757 Virgil Films

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dirie, Waris--Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Models (Persons)--Somalia--Drama.
Women social reformers--Somalia--Drama.
Women--Political activity--Somalia--Drama.
Women's rights--Somalia--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.