The Lost city of Zimbabwe / Arkios Productions in association with The Archaeological Institute of America at Boston University & The Learning Channel ; director, Bertrand Morin.

Format:

• Video

Author/Creator:

• Grant, Eleanor, author.
• Clem, Robert, author.

Contributor:

• Morin, Bertrand, director.
• Rhys-Davies, John, narrator.
• Arkios Productions, producer.
• Archaeological Institute of America, producer.
• Learning Channel (Firm), producer.
• Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), distributor.
• Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, distributor.
• George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city).
• Zimbabwe--Antiquities.
• Zimbabwe.
• Antiquities.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videocassette (22 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences : Devillier/Donegan Enterprises [distributor], [1993]

System Details:

• VHS.
• analog
• magnetic
• VHS

Summary:

Studies the archaeological site of the Great Zimbabwe and the work being done to investigate its African origins and history. The ruins suffered years of neglect while racist assumptions attributed the site to some ancient white culture.

Participant:

Narrator, John Rhys-Davies.

Credits:

Director of photography, Sylvain Breault; writers, Eleanor Grant, Robert Clem; music, Daniel A. Vermette.

Notes:

• Originally shown on the television program Archaeology, 1992.
• Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

OCLC:

28288702

Online:

The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page