Proteus
Material type: TextPublication details: San Francisco, CA Strand Releasing Home Video 2004Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): LOC classification:- DVD
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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DVD | Stonewall DVD | DVD | 1 | Available | 25184 | |||
DVD | Stonewall DVD | DVD | 2 | Available | in Overflow area in Librarian's office | 251842 |
Not rated.
Special features: Radio interview with Jack Lewis and John Greyson with Celluloid Dreams host, Tim Sika ; original theatrical trailer.
In English, Afrikaans and Dutch with English subtitles.
A fact-based interracial gay love story of two men incarcerated in the infamous South African Robin Island prison in the 18th century. Claas Blank, a Koi herder was unjustly imprisoned for stealing cattle. Rijkhaart Jacobsz, a withdrawn Dutch sailor, was imprisoned for the crime of homosexuality. The two were placed on trial for sodomy and the film is based partly on court transcipts from the time.
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