Letters from Baghdad [videorecording]
2017
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Documentary focusing on British politician, spy and explorer Gertrude Bell (voice of Tilda Swinton). Using archive footage and told in her own words, the film explores Bell's influence on the British Empire through her extensive travels in the Middle East and shows how she helped shape the area in the years following the First World War. The film also chronicles how the woman referred to as the female Lawrence of Arabia voyaged into uncharted territory and held such power in His Majesty's Government, extraordinary for a woman at the time, due to her knowledge and contacts in the region and also examines why over time she has seemingly been written out of history.
Main title:
Letters from Baghdad [videorecording] / producer, Zeva Oelbaum.
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Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Verve Pictures, 2017.
Collation:
1 DVD (95 min.) : black and white
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English, Arabic), Subtitles (English).Made in 2016.DVDN.In English, Arabic; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Sabine Krayenbuhl; director, Zeva Oelbaum; music, Paul Cantelon; cinematographer, Gary Clarke; cinematographer, Petr Hlinomaz; voice, Tilda Swinton; voice, Paul McGann; voice, Rose Leslie; voice, Rachael Stirling; voice, Joanna David; voice, Nicholas Woodeson; voice, Robert Ian Mackenzie; voice, Helen Ryan; voice, Eric Loscheider; voice, Andrew Havill; subject, Gertrude Bell.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
070.18
Language:
English
BRN:
1871026
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