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Umoja: Tiger and the big wind

Title
Umoja: Tiger and the big wind [motion picture] / Carol Munday Lawrence.
Publication
Norwood, MA : Beacon, 1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Lawrence, Carol Munday.
  • Nguzo Saba Films.
Description
1 film reel (8 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.
Summary
The title of this Black folktale is an African word which means unity. The animals work together with a rabbit to trap a tiger who will not share his water and pear tree. In a chanting style, William Faulkner retells the story which he learned in childhood. Odetta sings at the beginning and the end of the film.
Series Statement
(Nguzo Saba)
Subjects
Credits (note)
  • Producer, director, Carol Munday Lawrence; narrator, William Faulkner; song performed by Odetta.
Title
Umoja: Tiger and the big wind [motion picture] / Carol Munday Lawrence.
Imprint
Norwood, MA : Beacon, 1970.
Series
(Nguzo Saba)
Credits
Producer, director, Carol Munday Lawrence; narrator, William Faulkner; song performed by Odetta.
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Lawrence, Carol Munday.
Nguzo Saba Films.
Branch Call Number
J M16 A-80 U
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