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Made in Mississippi : Black folk art and crafts

Title
Made in Mississippi : Black folk art and crafts [motion picture] / by William R. Ferris.
Publication
Yale University Media Design Studio in cooperation with Center for Southern Folklore; Released by Center for Southern Folklore; and Yale University Media Design Studio, 1975.

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Additional Authors
  • Ferris, William R.
  • Yale University. Media Design Studio.
  • Center for Southern Folklore.
Description
1 film reel (20 min.) : sd., color; 16 mm.
Summary
Features folk artists of rural Mississippi and their array of folk art, crafts and architecture. The artists discuss their work, demonstrate their methods and technique: Richard Foster explains the work of his father Frank Foster, log home builder and designer (of the "dog trot" home with a central breezeway); Leon Clark, basketweaver; Amanda Gordon, quiltmaker; Esther Criss, gardener; Othar Turner, [flute] maker; Lester Willis, portrait painter and walking stick carver; and James Thomas, clay sculptor. Majority of the featured artists are residents of Leland, Mississippi.
Alternative Title
Black folk art and crafts.
Subject
  • African American folk art > Mississippi
  • Decorative arts > Mississippi
  • Documentary films
  • Folk art > Mississippi
  • Vernacular architecture > Mississippi
Credits (note)
  • Produced in association with Howard Sayre Weaver; sound, Robert Slattery; photographer, Dale Lindquist.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-222
OCLC
  • 4669508
  • NYPG98-F49
Title
Made in Mississippi : Black folk art and crafts [motion picture] / by William R. Ferris.
Imprint
Yale University Media Design Studio in cooperation with Center for Southern Folklore; Released by Center for Southern Folklore; and Yale University Media Design Studio, 1975.
Credits
Produced in association with Howard Sayre Weaver; sound, Robert Slattery; photographer, Dale Lindquist.
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Ferris, William R. Producer
Yale University. Media Design Studio.
Center for Southern Folklore.
Added Title
Black folk art and crafts. [motion picture]
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-222 Service copy
Sc Visual MPB-175
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