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Zajota and the boogie spirit

Title
Zajota and the boogie spirit [videorecording] / Crossgrain Pictures ; produced by Ayoka Chenzira.
Publication
New York : Filmakers Library, 1989.

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Chenzira, Ayoka.
Description
1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
An innovative mix of film, video and computer graphics enhances this animated African American contemporary folktale that recapitulates the saga of the Zajota people from their ancestral home in Africa to their tragic exile in America. The Zajota were the first people in Africa where the Boogie Spirit resided for thousands of years and was celebrated in dance gatherings. With the arrival of the slave traders, the world was turned upside down; no one paid homage to the Boogie Spirit. Forever imprinted on the face of the moon, the Boogie Spirit watched as the Zajota were imprisoned in forts and loaded onto ships. The spirit witnessed the dispersal of her people, their language, beliefs and customs denied, until four old women looked to the sky and the power of memory returned. The Zajota in the U.S., the Caribbean and South America began to dance and re-establish the elements of their identity. Though granted freedom through the Civil War, they continued the fight for freedom through Reconstruction, the northern migration and the Civil Rights Movement. From the lunar orb, the Boogie Spirit monitors the actions of her far-flung people and lends her force to contemporary modes of expression.
Subject
  • Animated films
  • Folklore > Africa
  • African American tales
  • African Americans > Folklore
  • Tales > Africa
Credits (note)
  • Producer, director, writer, editor, Ayoka Chenzira; artwork/animation, Isaac J. Laing, Richard Admiral; music, Mino Cinelu.
Title
Zajota and the boogie spirit [videorecording] / Crossgrain Pictures ; produced by Ayoka Chenzira.
Imprint
New York : Filmakers Library, 1989.
Credits
Producer, director, writer, editor, Ayoka Chenzira; artwork/animation, Isaac J. Laing, Richard Admiral; music, Mino Cinelu.
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Chenzira, Ayoka.
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J VTH 1847 Z
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