Crimes of honour / produced by Bishari Film Productions Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed, produced and written by Shelley Saywell.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoBrooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, ©1999.
Description1 videodisc (44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorSaywell, Shelley director, producer, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorSmits, Sonja, 1958- narrator.
Other author/creatorKhanjian, Arsinée, 1958-
Other author/creatorBishari Film Productions.
Other author/creatorCanadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Other author/creatorFirst Run/Icarus Films.
Variant title Crimes of honor
Abstract This is the story of women in Islamic culture who are killed by their male relatives because they are thought to have dishonored their families by engaging in unacceptable relationships with men, or have run away.
General noteDate on container: 1998.
General noteOriginally produced as a documentary film in 1999.
General noteAlso released on videocassette.
CreditsCinematographer, Michael Grippo ; editor, Deborah Palloway ; original music, Kevan Staples for Rhythm Division.
Performer Narrator, Sonja Smits ; Rania's letter read by Arsinee Khanjian.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageSoundtrack in English and Arabic.
Genre/formDocumentary films.