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[Eskimo dance footage and interviews]

Title
[Eskimo dance footage and interviews] [videorecording]
Publication
1995?

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Morell, Patrick.
  • University of Alaska, Anchorage.
  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
  • DHCA.
Description
  • 2 streaming video files (50 min. total) : sd., col. with b&w sequence; 3/4 in.
  • 2 videocassettes (Betacam SP, NTSC) (50 min.) : si. and sd., col. with b&w sequence ;
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Anthropological films and programs.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from information provided by Patrick Morell.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in Alaska in 1995 (?) by Patrick Morell.
Contents
  • 1. Eskimo dances on St. Lawrence Island and King Island (si., col. and b&w, ca. 7 min.) / footage from the collection of the University of Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks, copied from a television screen.
  • Interview with Victor Goldsberry (ca. 24 min.) / Goldsberry, an ivory trader and translator, relates various accounts of shamans from Eskimos who had firsthand dealings with them, and recounts stories of famous shamans of the past, particularly in their functions as seers and healers.
  • 2. Continuation of interview with Victor Goldsberry (ca. 2 min.).
  • Interview with an Eskimo elder (ca. 17 min.) / statements by an unidentified man from St. Lawrence Island, speaking primarily in Yupik with a few remarks in English, interspersed with footage of Eskimo dancers and drummers (b&w and col.), including the color sequence seen at the beginning of cassette 1. Topics discussed in English include sources of lighting before the introduction of electricity, hunting, and kayaking.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8889
OCLC
NYPY95-F669
Title
[Eskimo dance footage and interviews] [videorecording]
Imprint
1995?
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Playing Time
003059 001912
Event
Videotaped in Alaska in 1995 (?) by Patrick Morell.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4813.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Morell, Patrick. Videographer
University of Alaska, Anchorage.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8889
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