The World Unseen
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The World Unseen is a 2007 period drama film set in 1950s apartheid-era South Africa that explores forbidden love and social oppression within the Indian South African community.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The World Unseen canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Shamim Sarif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The World Unseen (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Amina
NERFINISHED
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Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ Miriam NERFINISHED ⓘ Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ Rehmat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Michael Brierley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
South Africa
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Shamim Sarif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Regent Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Christopher W. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstScreeningEvent | Toronto International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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drama film ⓘ lesbian-related film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasOnlineEncyclopediaEntry | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Unseen ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Dimitri Tikovoï
NERFINISHED
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Miriam Stockley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Indian South African community
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apartheid ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ social oppression ⓘ |
| notableAward | South African Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film (nomination) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Hanan Kattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork |
2001
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2002 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2007-09-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Shamim Sarif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Cape Town
NERFINISHED
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South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernice Stegers
NERFINISHED
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Grethe Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Nandana Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ Parvin Dabas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheetal Sheth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural tradition vs. individual freedom
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homophobia ⓘ racism ⓘ sexism ⓘ |
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