Darwin's Nightmare
[Chatsworth, Calif.] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2007]
Format: DVD
Edition: Widescreen format (1.78:first).
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
A look at the Nile perch fishing industry in Tanzania, which is destroying the ecology of Lake Victoria while delivering few economic benefits to the Tanzanian people. A critique of post-colonial exploitation of Africa by the developed world and the forces of globalization.
Other Authors:
Sauper, Hubert.
Mauriat, Edouard.
Vindevogel, Denise.
Rieder, Sandor.
Flynn, Nick, 1960-
Celluloid Dreams (Firm)
Mille et Une Productions.
Coop99 Filmproduktion.
Saga film (Firm : Brussels, Belgium)
Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
Association relative à la télévision européenne.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Sauper, Hubert.
Mauriat, Edouard.
Vindevogel, Denise.
Rieder, Sandor.
Flynn, Nick, 1960-
Celluloid Dreams (Firm)
Mille et Une Productions.
Coop99 Filmproduktion.
Saga film (Firm : Brussels, Belgium)
Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
Association relative à la télévision européenne.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects:
Nile perch fisheries -- Victoria, Lake.
Illegal arms transfers -- Tanzania.
Globalization -- Tanzania.
Victoria, Lake -- Environmental conditions.
Tanzania -- Economic conditions -- 1964-
Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964-
Nile perch fisheries -- Victoria, Lake.
Illegal arms transfers -- Tanzania.
Globalization -- Tanzania.
Victoria, Lake -- Environmental conditions.
Tanzania -- Economic conditions -- 1964-
Tanzania -- Social conditions -- 1964-
Target Audience: Not rated by the MPAA.
UPC: 014381299625
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DVD HISTORY Africa Dar | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
Originally released as a documentary film in 2004.
Special features (114 min.): interview with Sauper (70 min.); "Kisangani diary", a documentary film by Sauper about Hutu refugees from the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 (OVNI Films presents ; a Hubert Sauper and Nikolaus Geyrhalter production ; filmed and directed by Hubert Sauper ; produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Film, Hubert Sauper, OVNI Films ; c1998, 42 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
"Enhanced for 16:9 TVs" -- Container.
Videorecording.
Cinematography, Hubert Sauper ; editor, Denise Vindevogel ; artistic collaborators, Sandor Rieder & Nick Flynn.
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
In English, some dialogue in Russian & Swahili with English subtitles.
Subtitled (in English) for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Special features (114 min.): interview with Sauper (70 min.); "Kisangani diary", a documentary film by Sauper about Hutu refugees from the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 (OVNI Films presents ; a Hubert Sauper and Nikolaus Geyrhalter production ; filmed and directed by Hubert Sauper ; produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Film, Hubert Sauper, OVNI Films ; c1998, 42 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
"Enhanced for 16:9 TVs" -- Container.
Videorecording.
Cinematography, Hubert Sauper ; editor, Denise Vindevogel ; artistic collaborators, Sandor Rieder & Nick Flynn.
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
In English, some dialogue in Russian & Swahili with English subtitles.
Subtitled (in English) for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.