Tales from Arab Detroit / ACCESS and Olive Branch Productions ; written and directed by Joan Mandell ; produced by Sally Howell, Joan Mandell.

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"The visit to Detroit's Arab American community by Shaykh Ghanim Mansour, one of the last epic storytellers from Egypt, shakes the cultural beliefs of immigrant parents and their American born children."--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
Olive Branch Productions
Other Authors: Mandell, Joan
Howell, Sally
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Dialogue in English, and Arabic with English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Place of publication not identified] : Olive Branch Productions ; Distributed by New Day Films, [1995], ©1995.
Subjects:
Arab Americans > Ethnic identity.
Arab Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions.
Arab Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social life and customs.
Arab Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Music.
Storytelling > Michigan > Detroit.
Songs, Arabic.
Epic poetry, Arabic > Egypt.
Music > Arab countries.
Music > Michigan > Detroit.
Documentary films.
Arab Americans.
Arab Americans > Social conditions.
Arab Americans > Social life and customs.
Epic poetry, Arabic.
Music.
Social conditions.
Storytelling.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Arab countries.
Egypt.
Michigan > Detroit.
Genre:
Music.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"The visit to Detroit's Arab American community by Shaykh Ghanim Mansour, one of the last epic storytellers from Egypt, shakes the cultural beliefs of immigrant parents and their American born children."--Container.
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:E184.A65 T354 1995 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781574482140
1574482149
Credits:Camera, Rich Wieske ; editors, Carolyn Rouse, Erika Surat Andersen, Joan Mandell ; narrator, Bushra Karaman ; original music, Marty Jabara ; associate producer, Andrew Shryrock.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator: Bushra Karaman.