The Locator -- [(subject = "Ethnographic films")]

103 records matched your query       

Record 20 | Previous Record | MARC Display | Next Record | Search Results
Title:
Yho : the Sorcerers Village (outtakes). AF-94.8.1 / Sorcerers Village inc. presents ; narrated by Burgess Meredith ; written and produced by Sidney Kaufman ; directed by Hassoldt Davis.
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 video disc (46 minutes) : silent, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Lobi (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Abron (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Baule (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Magic--Côte d'Ivoire.
Witchcraft--Côte d'Ivoire.
Magicians--Côte d'Ivoire.
Shamans--Côte d'Ivoire.
Côte d'Ivoire--Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Other Authors:
Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959. director.
Kaufman, Sidney, 1910-1983, author. author.
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997 narrator.
Smithsonian Institution. Human Studies Film Archives.
Notes:
"Human Studies Film Archives Smithsonian Institution"--disc surface. Narrator: Burgess Meredith.
Summary:
Outtakes from edited film documenting an expedition in search of a school of sorcerers and witchcraft in Ivory Coast. Tribal groups encountered were Lobi, Abron, and Baule. Witnessed were ceremonies involving masked sorcerers, childbirth and snake rituals, coronation of Essey Bonzou, and activities in the sorcerers' school in the village of Yho.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)859334041
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

Initiate Another SILO Locator Search

This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.