Research Catalog

Title

Umm Kulthūm : a voice like Egypt / a production of the Filmmakers Collaborative ; produced, directed and written by Michal Goldman.

Publication

Seattle, WA : Arab Film Distribution, [1996], ©1996.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Umm Kulthūm, 1898-1975.
• Goldman, Michal.
• Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015.
• Danielson, Virginia.
• Filmmakers Collaborative (Waltham, Mass.)
• Arab Film Distribution.

Description

1 videocassette (67 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary about the singer Umm Kulthūm, born a peasant at the turn of the century, who became a powerful symbol of the aspirations of her country. Based on the book: "The voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century" by Virginia Danielson.

Alternative Title

Voice like Egypt

Subjects

• Songs, Arabic > Egypt > History and criticism
• Documentary films
• Motion pictures, Arabic
• Umm Kulthūm, 1898-1975
• Singers > Egypt > Biography
• Music > Social aspects > Egypt
• Feature films
• Motion pictures, Egyptian
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Music > Egypt

Note

• Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Credits (note)

• Director of photography, Kamal Abd al-Aziz.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

OCLC

• ocm43749561
• SCSB-3986334

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries