Breaking bread / Prometheus Cinema presents ; a documentary by Hamid Rahmanian ; produced by Melissa Hibbard.

A documentary and two shorts by director Hamid Rahmanian. In Breaking bread, a slice-of-life documentary depicts a Korean-American family who invites an Iranian friend for their father's last meal. The joining of disparate cultures affords an unusual chance to examine the interaction of disparate pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Prometheus Cinema (Firm)
Arab Film Distribution
Other Authors: Rahmanian, Hamid, 1968-
Hibbard, Melissa
Language:English
Korean
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English and Korean dialogue with English subtitles.
Published: [Seattle] : Arab Film Distribution, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Korean Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs.
Korean Americans > Death.
Korean Americans > Food.
Iranians > United States > Social life and customs.
Cooking, Iranian.
Intercultural communication > United States.
Immigrants > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Bible. > Genesis > Drama.
Animated films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentary.
Genre:
Drama.
Animated films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentary.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A documentary and two shorts by director Hamid Rahmanian. In Breaking bread, a slice-of-life documentary depicts a Korean-American family who invites an Iranian friend for their father's last meal. The joining of disparate cultures affords an unusual chance to examine the interaction of disparate perspectives through the common human realities of food and death.
Note:Title from container.
A trilogy of films by director Hamid Rahmanian.
Special features: "The seventh day" an animated film short offers commentary on the biblical story of Genesis (6 min.); "An I within" animated and live-action tell the story of a clown who finds a household of liveless marionettes (19 min.); Breaking bread film trailer (4 min.); "About shorts" film awards lists.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CR5 D0091947 VideoDVD
Credits:Breaking bread: camera, Sourena Mohammadi, Ramtin Movahed, Pershang Vazeeri.
System Details:DVD, region 1.