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Hive = Zgjoi / LevelK presents ; Ikonë Studio, Industria Film in co-production with Alva Film Production, Black Cat Production, Albasky Film, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse ; produced by Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka ; written and directed by Blerta Basholli.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K25719 | Kino LorberLanguage: Albanian Original language: Albanian Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber : Zeitgeist Films, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Zgjoi
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Alex Bloom ; editors, Félix Sandri, Enis Saraçi ; music, Julien Painot.
Awards:
  • World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winner: Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
  • Audience Award winner, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
  • Directing Award winner, Sundance Film Festival, 2021
Cast: Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi.Summary: Sundance's triple award-winning film is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. To provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility. The men in the village condemn Fahrije's efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty and the financial future of Fahrije's family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe's civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD WORLD HIVE Available 33111009973765
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Sundance's triple award-winning film is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. To provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility. The men in the village condemn Fahrije's efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty and the financial future of Fahrije's family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe's civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future.

DVD, region 1 NTSC, wide screen (1.66:1); Dolby Audio 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo; color.

Albanian dialogue; optional English subtitles.

Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi.

Director of photography, Alex Bloom ; editors, Félix Sandri, Enis Saraçi ; music, Julien Painot.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.

Rating: Not rated.

Sundance's triple award-winning film is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. To provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility. The men in the village condemn Fahrije's efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty and the financial future of Fahrije's family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe's civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future.

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winner: Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival, 2021

Audience Award winner, Sundance Film Festival, 2021

Directing Award winner, Sundance Film Festival, 2021

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