Osama

Author

Siddiq Barmak

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Performers

Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2004.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

After the brutal Taliban regime bans women from working and forbids them to leave their homes without a male escort, a 12-year-old girl and her mother find themselves on the brink of starvation. With nowhere left to turn, the mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the young girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey, as she tries to keep the Taliban from discovering her true identity.

Notes

DVD format ; Dolby digital.

Videodisc release of the 2003 motion picture.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements.

In Pashtu with subtitles in English.