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Ringshout (Videotape)
- Title
- Ringshout (Videotape)
- Publication
- [n.d.].
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | VHS | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-1001 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Nichols, Elaine.
- Description
- 1 cassette. 5 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Elaine Nichols, guest curator of history at South Carolina State Museum, describes the African and Afro-American tradition of the ringshout, which combines music, dance, and counterclockwise circling, and was used in rituals honoring the dead. Footage from the film To live as free men (1942), produced by John A. Silver, depicts a ringshout on St. Helena Island.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Elaine Nichols.
- Subjects
- Note
- [Produced by?] South Carolina State Museum.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1001
- OCLC
- NYPY906050428-F
- Title
- Ringshout (Videotape)
- Imprint
- [n.d.].
- Local Subject
- Television. Ringshout.Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- United States.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. To live as free men.Ring-shout.
- Added Author
- Nichols, Elaine. Curator
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1001