Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Deserts and life / produced by Green Bay Media for S4C in association with TiFiNi ; execuitive producer for Green Bay Media, John Geraint ; executive producer for SC4, Llion Iwan.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

Looks at the culture and history of desert peoples of various regions and discusses what the increasing encroachments of the modern world could mean for them.

Target Audience Note:

TV parental guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).

Subjects:

Desert people.

Deserts -- Social aspects.

Judaea (Region) -- Social life and customs.

Thar Desert (India and Pakistan) -- Social life and customs.

Namib Desert (Namibia) -- Social life and customs.

Atacama Desert (Chile) -- Social life and customs.

Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Nature films.