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Uksuum cauyai = The Drums of winter / presented by the Alaska Native Heritage Film Project and the Emmonak Dancers ; produced, directed and written by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling.
LIBRA Music Videorecording 28
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Yupik languages
- Subjects (All):
- Yupik Eskimos--Music.
- Yupik Eskimos.
- Yupik Eskimos--Dances.
- Eskimos--Alaska--Emmonak.
- Eskimos.
- Dance--Alaska--Emmonak.
- Dance.
- Music.
- Alaska--Emmonak.
- Ethnic music recordings, Yupik.
- Ethnic music recordings--Alaska--Emmonak.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings, Yupik.
- Ethnic music recordings--Alaska--Emmonak.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (90 min, 26 sec.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Drums of winter.
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [1988]
- System Details:
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Depicts the traditional music, dance and spiritual world of the Yu'pik Eskimos of Emmonak, Alaska. Dances and ceremonies are shown, together with interviews commenting them and their significance. The film also includes archival photographs and film footage accompanying words of early missionaries.
- Credits:
- Photographer, Leonard Kamerling; editor, Sarah Elder.
- Notes:
- Yupik, English and some French, subtitles in English.
- Filmed mostly in 1977, with some archival footage and some later footage.
- OCLC:
- 81648155
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