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Creation of the world: A samba opera
- Title
- Creation of the world: A samba opera [videorecording]
- Publication
- [n.d.]
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Yoruba creation myth, told through song, dance, and dialogue. Scenes of the Carnival in Rio are interspersed with episodes from the story, performed on location.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from distributor's catalogue. Title on tape frame: Samba da criação do mundo. Motion picture produced by Circofilm. Distributed as a videocassette by Cinema Guild, New York. Producer/director: Vera de Figueiredo. Director of photography: Dib Lutfi and Peter Sova. In Portuguese with English subtitles for lyrics and dialogue only.
- Conception/adaptation/artistic direction: João Trinta. Libretto: based on information from Juana Elbein dos Santos's book Os Nago e a morte (1976).
- Performed by members of the samba school Beija Flor, Rio de Janeiro.
- Call Number
- *MGZIC 9-2660
- OCLC
- NYPY916046039-F
- Title
- Creation of the world: A samba opera [videorecording]
- Imprint
- [n.d.]
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Creation of the world.
- Added Author
- Trinta, João. Conceptor. Adapter. DirectorFigueiredo, Vera de. Producer. DirectorBeija Flor (School)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIC 9-2660