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Chopi music of Mozambique / a Hallis Media Production ; produced by Ron Hallis and Ophera Hallis ; written and directed by Ron Hallis.
LIBRA Music Videorecording 621
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Chopi (African people)--Mozambique--Social life and customs.
- Chopi (African people).
- Chopi (African people)--Mozambique--Music.
- Musical instruments--Mozambique.
- Musical instruments.
- Music--Mozambique.
- Music.
- Manners and customs.
- Mozambique.
- Documentary films.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (approximately 34 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Place of Publication:
- El Cerrito, Calif. : Flower Films & Video, [1989]
- Language Note:
- Dialogue in English and Chopi; voiceover and subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Depicts performances of the timbila (marimba) music of the Chopi people who live in the village of Banguza, in the province of Zavala, in Mozambique. The procedures and techniques employed in making the musical instruments are shown in detail and the stories of the dances performed to the music are explained.
- Participant:
- Narraated by Ron Hallis.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Ron Hallis; editing, Ophera Hallis.
- Notes:
- "Orchastra and dancers of Sandamela, Shinyeta, & Banguza. Featured musicians, Shipuni Willeseni, Lopes Joachim, Makuziano." -- film credits.
- Videocassette release of a short documentary motion picture produced in 1987.
- Container carries title of second film (Banguza Timbila) which is not included on this videotape.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0933621493
- OCLC:
- 27890354
- Publisher Number:
- FF 1145 Flower Films
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