Title U-Carmen [videorecording] / [a Fortissimo Films presentation] ; a Nando's Arts initiative ; in association with Spier Films ; presents a Dimpho Di Kopane film ; directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May ; producer, Ross Garland ; adapted for the screen by Mark Dornford-May, Andiswa Kedama and Pauline Malefane.

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Port Washington, NY : Koch Lorber Films : Distributed by KOCH Entertainment, [2007]

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott Media	DVD 738	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk

Description	1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; Dolby Digital.
Language	In Xhosa with English subtitles.
Cast	Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou, Zorro Sidloyi, Andries Mbali.
Credits	Director of photography, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Ronelle Loots ; music director and conductor, Charles Hazlewood ; costume designer, Jessica Dornford-May ; choreographer, Joel Mthethwa.
Note	Title from feature.
	Based on the opera : Carmen / by Georges Bizet.
	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.
	Special features: original theatrical trailer (2 min.); "Making U-Carmen" featurette (8 min.); interview with Mark Dornford-May (6 min.); interview with Pauline Malefane (6 min.); interview with Andiswa Kedama (4 min.).
Summary	South African theater company Dimpho Di Kopane (DDK) performs an adaptation of Carmen set in contemporary South Africa. A cigarette factory worker, Carmen, has a destructive affair with a police sergeant.
Subject	Man-woman relationships -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Drama.
	Blue collar workers -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Drama.
	Police -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Drama.
	Khayelitsha (Cape Town, South Africa) -- Drama.
	Carmen (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
	Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 -- Adaptations -- Drama.
	Opera -- Adaptations -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Motion pictures, South African.
	Foreign films -- South Africa.
	Musical films.
	Film adaptations.
	Fiction films.
	Feature films.
	Musical -- Feature.
	Adaptation -- Feature.
	Opera -- Feature.
Added Author	Dornford-May, Mark.
	Garland, Ross.
	Kedama, Andiswa.
	Malefane, Pauline.
	Tshoni, Andile.
	Blou, Lungelwa.
	Sidloyi, Zwelilungile.
	Mbali, Andries.
	Hazlewood, Charles.
	Mthethwa, Joel.
	Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.
	Fortissimo Films.
	Nando's Arts (Organization)
	Spier Films.
	Dimpho Di Kopane (Organization)
	Koch Lorber Films.
	Koch Entertainment (Firm)
Note	Also known as: U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Added Title	Making U-Carmen.
ISBN	1417201339
	9781417201334
Standard No.	741952311799
	00741952311799
Music No.	KLF-DV-3117 Koch Lorber Films

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