Eyimofe This is my desire [videorecording]

Blu-ray 2022

This revelatory, award-winning debut feature from co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri is a heartrending and hopeful portrait of everyday human endurance in Lagos, Nigeria. Shot on richly textured 16 mm film and infused with the spirit of neorealism, it traces the journeys of two distantly connected strangers Mofe, an electrician dealing with the fallout of a family tragedy, and Rosa, a hairdresser supporting her pregnant teenage...

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Electricians Nigeria Lagos Drama

Lagos (Nigeria) Drama

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Feature films Fiction films

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1121

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ISBN:

9781681439297
1681439298

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
digital optical surround
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
videodisc
HDTV
video file region A
Blu-ray video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not Rated

Other Title:

This is my desire [videorecording]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020
Wide screen (1.66:1)
Special features: New conversation between the directors, moderated by filmmaker Bette Gordon; Interview with producer Melissa O. Adeyemo; Deleted scenes featuring audio commentary by the directors; Three short films: Goose (2017) directed by Arie and Chuko Esiri, Besida (2018) directed by Chuko Esiri; and Because Men in Silk Shirts on Lagos Nights (2018) directed by Arie Esiri; an essay by writer and filmmaker Maryam Kazeem
Director of photography, Arseni Khachaturan ; editor, Andrew Stephen Lee ; music, Akin Adebowale
Jude Akuwudike, Tomiwa Edun, Temi Ami-Williams, Cynthia Ebijie, Jacob Alexander
System requirements: Blu-ray player ; will not play on standard DVD players
Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.66:1); 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player
In Nigerian English with optional English subtitles

Contents:

Special features. New conversation between the directors / moderated by filmmaker Bette Gordon
Interview with producer Melissa O. Adeyemo
Deleted scenes featuring audio commentary by the directors
Three short films. Goose (2017) / directed by Arie and Chuko Esiri ; Besida (2018) / directed by Chuko Esiri ; Because men in silk shirts on Lagos Nights (2018) / directed by Arie Esiri

LCCN:

be2022010208

Control Number:

3160360

UPC:

715515271110

Other Authors:

Adeyemo, Melissa O., film producer
Akuwudike, Jude, actor
Alexander, Jacob, actor
Ami-Williams, Temi, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Ebijie, Cynthia, actor
Edun, Tomiwa, actor
Esiri, Arie, film director, film producer
Esiri, Chuko, film director, screenwriter, film producer
GDN Studios, presenter, production company
Gordon, Bette, interviewer
Kazeem, Maryam, writer of added commentary
Kimera Media, production company
Ominira Studios, production company

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