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The sign of the Loa

Title
The sign of the Loa / directed by Patricia Mohammed and Luke Paddington.
Publication
Trinidad and Tobago : Trinidad & Tobago Film Comp. Ltd., c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Mohammed, Patricia
  • Paddington, Luke
  • Trinidad & Tobago Film Company, Ltd., production company.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 17 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This film explores Haitian creativity through the complex geometric design of the vèvè, the sign of the loa. It sugests that the vèvè, the abstract drawings made by voodoo priests to invite the divinities or loas, provided the first informal schooling for the arts and produced an aesthetic that is both unique to Haitian creativity and also central to its continued artistic production.
Alternative Title
Sign of Loa
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Ethnograpnhic films.
  • Short films.
Note
  • Summary from videodisc container.
  • Source used: videodisc container.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriters, Patricia Mohammed, Nazma Muller, Rex Dixon ; editor, Luke Paddington.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator, Patricia Mohammed.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-418
OCLC
310964692
Title
The sign of the Loa / directed by Patricia Mohammed and Luke Paddington.
Imprint
Trinidad and Tobago : Trinidad & Tobago Film Comp. Ltd., c2007.
Country of Producing Entity
Trinidad and Tobago.
Cast
Narrator, Patricia Mohammed.
Event
Filmed on location in Haiti, 2007.
Credits
Screenwriters, Patricia Mohammed, Nazma Muller, Rex Dixon ; editor, Luke Paddington.
System Details
DVD.
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Added Author
Mohammed, Patricia, film director.
Paddington, Luke, film director.
Trinidad & Tobago Film Company, Ltd., production company.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-418
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