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The Resource Medicine for melancholy, IFC Films ; Strike Anywhere presents a Bandry Film ; produced by Justin Barber ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; a Strike Anywhere production

Medicine for melancholy, IFC Films ; Strike Anywhere presents a Bandry Film ; produced by Justin Barber ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; a Strike Anywhere production

Label
Medicine for melancholy
Title
Medicine for melancholy
Statement of responsibility
IFC Films ; Strike Anywhere presents a Bandry Film ; produced by Justin Barber ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; a Strike Anywhere production
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Musical director
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Two African American twenty-somethings have a one-night stand. And a night they barely remember becomes a day they will never forget. A tale of sex, race, bicycles and modern urban life. Deals with the challenge of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco
Awards note
Nominee, Spirit Awards 2009 Including Best First Feature; Official Selection 2008, Toronto International Film Festival; Audience Award Winner, San Francisco International Film Festival; World Premiere, SXSW Film Festival 2008; Nominee, Gotham Awards 2008 Including Breakthrough Director
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, James Laxton ; editor, Nat Sanders ; music supervisor, Greg O'Bryant
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1979-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Jenkins, Barry
  • Barber, Justin,
  • Cenac, Wyatt,
  • Heggins, Tracey,
  • Laxton, James,
  • Sanders, Nat,
  • O'Bryant, Greg,
  • IFC Films,
  • Strike Anywhere (Firm)
  • Bandry Film (Firm)
  • MPI Media Group,
Runtime
88
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cruising (Sexual behavior)
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • Bicycles
Technique
live action
Label
Medicine for melancholy, IFC Films ; Strike Anywhere presents a Bandry Film ; produced by Justin Barber ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; a Strike Anywhere production
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
  • Special features: Director's notes: an in-depth interview with Barry Jenkins at the London Film Festival; trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
443525612
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9780788612084
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin College: Bart & Greg's DVD Explosion accession I.D. number:
Other control number
030306950396
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
IFC9503
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)443525612
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Medicine for melancholy, IFC Films ; Strike Anywhere presents a Bandry Film ; produced by Justin Barber ; written & directed by Barry Jenkins ; a Strike Anywhere production
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
  • Special features: Director's notes: an in-depth interview with Barry Jenkins at the London Film Festival; trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
443525612
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9780788612084
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • Bowdoin College: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home, library or classroom use ONLY
  • Bowdoin College: Bart & Greg's DVD Explosion accession I.D. number:
Other control number
030306950396
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
IFC9503
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)443525612
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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