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The open gate

Title: The open gate [electronic resource]
Publication: [1984?]

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Description

1 streaming video file (62 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

Two parts of a documentary on the vodoun religion of Haiti.

Subjects

Note

Telecast by CBS-TV on the series For our times. Writer/producer: Patricia Lou Layne. Executive producer: Pamela Ilott. Narrator: Ron Roach.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Contents

CONTENTS. - Part I (30 min.): Vodoun in Haiti. General overview of the vodoun religion in Haitian history and culture, including its roots in African tribal religions and its ties to Christianity. Among the experts interviewed is dancer/choreographer/anthropologist Katherine Dunham. - Part II (29 min.): Vodoun ceremony. Lavinia Williams presents a detailed description of vodoun ceremonies, which include dancing, singing, and spirit possession. Accompanied by musicians Babatunde Olatunji, Kimati Dinizulu, Jimmy Cruiz, and Ron McBee, she demonstrates representative vodoun dances such as the Yanvalou, Banda, Congo, and Petro dances.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 6885

OCLC

NYPY906038484-F

Title

The open gate [electronic resource]

Imprint

[1984?]

Original Version

Archival Original: 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1665.

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Local Subject

Television. The open gate.

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.

Voodoo dancing.

Added Author

Dunham, Katherine. Interviewee

Yarborough, Lavinia Williams. spk, dancer.

Roach, Ron. Narrator

Olatunji, Babatunde. Musician

Dinizulu, Kimati. Musician

Ilott, Pamela. Producer

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 6885

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