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A Singing stream: a black family chronicle
- Title
- A Singing stream: a black family chronicle [videorecording] / Davenport Films in association with the Curriculum on Folklore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Publication
- Delaplane, VA : Davenport Films, 1986.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 767 S C.1 C.1 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Davenport, Tom.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- With interviews, stories, reunions, gospel concerts, church services and scenes from daily life, this film traces the history of the Landis family of Granville County, North Carolina over the lifetime of its oldest surviving member, 86-year-old Bertha M. Landis. Mrs. Landis used the musical gifts of her family, religious faith, and black cultural traditions to overcome the difficult circumstances of black life in the South. Family members describe the rigors of tenant farming, of becoming the first blacks to own land in Granville County, of getting an education, voting, leaving the South in the 40's and returning home in the 80's. The musical performances in the film span almost a century of black religious song styles, from unaccompanied shape-note singing to contemporary gospel. Family and archival photographs supplement the film's historical perspective.
- Subjects
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Tom Davenport.
- Title
- A Singing stream: a black family chronicle [videorecording] / Davenport Films in association with the Curriculum on Folklore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Imprint
- Delaplane, VA : Davenport Films, 1986.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Tom Davenport.
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- Added Author
- Davenport, Tom.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 767 S