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020 _a9781569943847
050 _aPN1997.2
_b.H35 2012.
650 _aSisters
650 _aTwins
650 _aMan-woman relationships
245 _aHalf of a yellow sun
_cShareman Media and BFI present ; a Slate Films production ; produced by Andrea Calderwood ; screenplay by Biyi Bandele ; directed by Biyi Bandele.
_h[videorecording]
250 _aWidescreen.
260 _aThousand Oaks, CA :
_bMonterey Media,
_c2012.
300 _a1 videodisc (113 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in.
500 _aAdapted from the award winning novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
500 _aDVD release of the 2012 motion picture.
500 _aBonus features: B-roll footage; featurette; sound bites.
508 _aMusic, Ben Onono and Paul Thomson ; editor, Chris Gill ; director of photography, John De Borman.
511 _aThandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose.
511 _aOlanna and Kainene are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigerian after their expensive English education, the two women make very different life choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover in the dusty university town of Nsukka; while Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises everyone when she falls in love with an English writer.
520 _abeautiful sweeping story of two sisters caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world.
521 _aMPAA rating: R; for some violence and sexual content.
538 _aDVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation; 5.1 stereo and surround.
546 _aIn English; closed-captioned.
650 _vDrama.
650 _vDrama.
650 _vDrama.
700 _4Calderwood, Andrea,
_eproducer.
700 _4Bandele-Thomas, Biyi,
_d1967-
_escreenwriter.
_edirector,
700 _4Newton, Thandie,
_d1972-
_eactor.
700 _4Ejiofor, Chiwetel,
_d1977-
_eactor.
700 _4Rose, Anika Noni,
_d1972-
_eactor.
700 _4Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,
_d1977-
710 _4Shareman Media (Firm),
_eproduction company.
710 _4Slate Films,
_eproduction company.
710 _4Monterey Media Inc.,
_epublisher.
942 _cCD
_2lcc
999 _c45104
_d45104