Laura Boulton Film Collection : Africa, 1934 ; AF-87.9.26-1 à 4
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Boulton Laura (1899-1980) ;
- Editeurs : [Washington, D.C.] Smithsonian Institution ;
- Date d'édition : 1934
- Sujets : Ethnologie -- DVD -- Afrique occidentale, Marchés, Instruments de musique, Danse, Afrique occidentale -- Récits de voyages -- DVD, Afrique occidentale, Films ethnographiques DVD États-Unis
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD (31 min), : N. et bl., video, muet
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Human studies Film Archives-Smithsonian Institution, : Africa.
Notes
Guide de la collection Human Studies Film Archives ; Http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=laura+boulton
Résumé
Footage shot on two separate expeditions to west and central Africa. Sites recorded included Dahomey (Benin) and Bamako, Mopti, Sangha, Gao, and Timbuktu in French Sudan (Mali). Ethnic groups include Bini, Chokwe, Dogon (Habbe), Malinke, Mbundu, Moors, and Taureg. Documentation features the lost-wax bronze casting technique (Dahomey); Malinke masks with musicians playing the kora or bulon bata; Chokwe and Mbundu dance and games; a Dogon market with shots around the Sangha countryside; various Dogon masks including the kanaga and monkey masks; Dogon women dancing with gourd 'drums' and men dancing with yo domolo (staff for ritual thief); and scenes of Timbuktu including 'Moorish soldiers' on camels outside the city and Tuareg men on horseback. Also included are games and dance by women and children and an elder musician playing cngare (curved xylophone) in Portuguese West Africa (Angola). Archive filmique numérisée par la Smithsonian Institution (Human Studies Film Archives)