TY  - ADVS
AU  - Goldman,Michal
AU  - Umm Kulthum,
AU  - Kamal Abd Al-Aziz.
AU  - Sharif,Omar
AU  - Danielson,Virginia
ED  - Arab Film Distribution.
ED  - Filmmakers Collaborative (Waltham, Mass.)
TI  - Umm Kulthum, a voice like Egypt
AV  - ML420.U46 U46 2006
PY  - 2006///, c1996]
CY  - [Cairo]
PB  - Arab Film Distribution
KW  - Umm Kulthum,
KW  - Singers
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Biography
KW  - Songs, Arabic
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Music
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Music and society
KW  - Biographical films
KW  - Documentary films
N1  - DVD; Additional features:  Umm Kulthum filmography ; new director commentary ;  production photo gallery ; 'Fatma" trailer; Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ford Foundation; Booklet in DVD case; Based on Umm Kulthum by Virginia Danielson; Director of photography, Kamal Abd al-Aziz; English narration by Oman Sharif.  English commentary by Michal Goldman
N2  - Umm Kulthum was born a peasant at the turn of the century. She became a powerful symbol, first of the aspirations of her country, Egypt, and then of the entire Arab world. This film connects her life to the epic story of 20th century Egypt as it shook off colonialism and confronted modernity
ER  -