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DVD

The bird can't fly

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Performers

Barbara Hershey, John Kani, Tony Kgoroge, Yusuf Davids.

Publication Information

Los Angeles, CA : Vanguard, 2011.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter June. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She also has to confront the fact she has a 10-year-old grandson, River, whose existence she knew nothing about prior. Melody decides to take River away with her but he is resistant. He has worked out an ambitious plan to survive by breeding the ostriches he and his mother used to feed.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.

DVD extra: trailer.

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