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Njinga, the queen king return of a warrior = Njinga muchino a muhaito

Title: Njinga, the queen king [videorecording] : return of a warrior = Njinga muchino a muhaito / written and directed by Ione ; choreography/movement, Carol Chappell, Nego Gato, Biza Sompa, and Titos Sompa ; original music/sound, Pauline Oliveros.
Publication: 1993.

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Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Musical theater work juxtaposing the life of Njinga, a seventeenth-century female ruler of Ndongo (present-day Angola), with twentieth-century characters and political events.

Uniform Title

Njinga the queen king (Musical)

Alternative Title

Return of a warrior
Njinga muchino a muhaito
Njinga muchino a muhaito.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Video.
Dance.
Musicals.
Black films and programs.

Note

Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1993 Next Wave Festival, in association with the Pauline Oliveros Foundation Inc.
Duration: disc 1 (62 min.); disc 2 (53 min.).

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Cameraperson, Tirtza Even; fight choreography, Nego Gato; traditional Congolese music arranged by Titos Sompa; traditional Brazilian music arranged by Nego Gato; electro-acoustical design, Loren Rush; scenery/costumes, Valerie Maynard; lighting, Blu.

Performer (note)

Marie Guinier (old woman kilunda [spirit]), Gail Ward (Jinny), Adriene Walker (Grandma Jinny), M'bewe Escobar (child Njinga), Karen Miles (Kifungi), Amma Wilson (Kambu), Cynthia Oliver (Njinga kilunda), Fanni Green (voice of Njinga kilunda), Luisah Teish (old woman), Kevin Ryder (Father Brandaon/suitman/De Sousa), Terry O'Reilly (CIA man/slayer/DeGaeta, Seku Tonge (spirit drummer), Nego Gato (Mbandi/Mbandi kilunda), Marie Basse Wiles (Queen Kengela/Ngana Inene), Coster Massamba (King Ngola Kiluaji), Biza Sompa (head warrior), Mabiba Baegne (adult Njinga), Titos Sompa (Patrice Lumumba/warrior), with Carol Chappell and others ; Angolan guest artists, Jorgé Macedo, Té Macedo, Julieta Xavier, and Eugénia Piedade.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on Dec. 4, 1993, by Character Generators/Video.

Funding (note)

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-713

OCLC

NYPY94-F113

Title

Njinga, the queen king [videorecording] : return of a warrior = Njinga muchino a muhaito / written and directed by Ione ; choreography/movement, Carol Chappell, Nego Gato, Biza Sompa, and Titos Sompa ; original music/sound, Pauline Oliveros.

Imprint

1993.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Cameraperson, Tirtza Even; fight choreography, Nego Gato; traditional Congolese music arranged by Titos Sompa; traditional Brazilian music arranged by Nego Gato; electro-acoustical design, Loren Rush; scenery/costumes, Valerie Maynard; lighting, Blu.

Cast

Marie Guinier (old woman kilunda [spirit]), Gail Ward (Jinny), Adriene Walker (Grandma Jinny), M'bewe Escobar (child Njinga), Karen Miles (Kifungi), Amma Wilson (Kambu), Cynthia Oliver (Njinga kilunda), Fanni Green (voice of Njinga kilunda), Luisah Teish (old woman), Kevin Ryder (Father Brandaon/suitman/De Sousa), Terry O'Reilly (CIA man/slayer/DeGaeta, Seku Tonge (spirit drummer), Nego Gato (Mbandi/Mbandi kilunda), Marie Basse Wiles (Queen Kengela/Ngana Inene), Coster Massamba (King Ngola Kiluaji), Biza Sompa (head warrior), Mabiba Baegne (adult Njinga), Titos Sompa (Patrice Lumumba/warrior), with Carol Chappell and others ; Angolan guest artists, Jorgé Macedo, Té Macedo, Julieta Xavier, and Eugénia Piedade.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on Dec. 4, 1993, by Character Generators/Video.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-4248.

Local Subject

Acrobatic dancing.

Added Author

Guinier, Marie. Performer

Ward, Gail. Performer

Walker, Adriene. Performer

Escobar, M'bewe. Performer

Miles, Karen. Performer

Wilson, Amma. Performer

Oliver, Cynthia. Performer

Green, Fanni. Performer

Teish, Luisah. Performer

Gato, Nego. prf, choreographer. Arranger

Basse-Wiles, Marie. Performer

Massamba, Coster. Performer

Sompa, Biza. prf, choreographer.

Baegne, Mabiba. Performer

Sompa, Tatitos, choreographer. Arranger. Performer

Chappell, Carol, choreographer. Performer

Macedo, Jorgé. Performer

Macedo, Té. Performer

Xavier, Julieta. Performer

Piedade, Eugénia. Performer

Tonge, Seku. Performer

Ryder, Kevin. Performer

O'Reilly, Terry. Performer

Ione, Carole, 1937- Author. Director

Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016. Composer

Maynard, Valerie. Designer. Costume designer

Blu. Lighting designer

Rush, Loren, 1935-

Even, Tirtza. Videographer

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.

Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Inc.

DHCA.

Added Title

Njinga the queen king (Musical)

Njinga muchino a muhaito.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-713

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