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Secret Egypt

Title
Secret Egypt [videorecording] / Mystic Fire Video ; directed and edited by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rochlin ; produced by Tom Lyons and Cheves Walling.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Mystic Fire Video, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Roth, Gabrielle, 1941-
  • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
  • Harris, Maxine
  • Harris, Maxine.
  • Rochlin, Sheldon
  • Rochlin, Sheldon.
  • Mystic Fire Video, Inc.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Travelogue of a journey in search of elements of mysticism in contemporary Egyptian culture, filmed in Cairo, Luxor, the Valley of the Kings, and other locations. Women and men are seen in various trance dances, some involving spirit possession, exorcism and healing. Also depicted are stick and sword dances, wedding celebrations, belly dancing, and dancing and music by a family of snake handlers. The narration includes numerous quotations from the Sufi poet Rumi.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Travelogues.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Poems of Rumi from The way of passion by Andrew Harvey ; cinematography, Sheldon Rochlin ; sound, Maxine Harris ; executive producer, Tom Lyons.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Gabrielle Roth.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3542
ISBN
1561763489
OCLC
  • 35129096
  • NYPY99-F962
Title
Secret Egypt [videorecording] / Mystic Fire Video ; directed and edited by Maxine Harris and Sheldon Rochlin ; produced by Tom Lyons and Cheves Walling.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Mystic Fire Video, c1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Poems of Rumi from The way of passion by Andrew Harvey ; cinematography, Sheldon Rochlin ; sound, Maxine Harris ; executive producer, Tom Lyons.
Performer
Narrator: Gabrielle Roth.
Local Subject
Trance dances.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Egypt.
Stick dances -- Egypt.
Local Subject
Wedding dances and music.
Added Author
Roth, Gabrielle, 1941- Narrator
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273. Author
Harris, Maxine, director.
Harris, Maxine. Film editor
Rochlin, Sheldon, director.
Rochlin, Sheldon. Film editor
Mystic Fire Video, Inc.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3542
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