The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story
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The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story 2011 Released

Directed by Sam Hobkinson

Documentary · 1h 15min

 

The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story 2011 Released

Directed by Sam Hobkinson

Documentary · 1h 15min

 

How a group of book lovers risked their lives to save a library during the Bosnian war

Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving... see more

How a group of book lovers risked their lives to save a library during the Bosnian war

Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving... see more
RELEASED
21 Apr, 2011
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
Arabic, English, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian
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