DVD
The tribe = Plemya
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
Ukrainian & Russian sign language; English SDH for non-dialogue audio.
Performers
Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy.
Publication Information
[Austin, TX] : Drafthouse Films, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
The Tribe is an undeniably original and intense feature debut set in the insular world of a Ukrainian high school for the deaf. The film unfolds through the non-verbal acting and sign language from a cast of deaf non-professionals--with no need for subtitles or voiceover--resulting in a unique, never-before-experienced cinematic event that engages the audience on a new sensory level. Teenage Sergey, a new student at the boarding school, realizes immediately that he must prove himself worthy to be brought under the protective wing of the school gang's leader to survive unscathed. After an indoctrination of harmless initiation pranks and rites, Sergey's new-found clique soon introduces him to their common activities of robbery, bribery and prostitution. At first assimilating seamlessly into his new role in the tribe, he finds himself compromised as he begins to fall in love with his female classmate and one of the gang's escorts triggering a sequence of stunningly diabolical events.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Special features: Commentary with director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy and film critic Devin Faraci ; Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's award-winning short film Deafness (2010) ; interview with actress Yana Novikova ; trailers.