Tales from Arab Detroit / New Day Films ; ACCESS and Olive Branch Productions ; directed by Joan Mandell.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mandell, Joan, director.

Karaman, Bouschra, narrator.

Mansoor, Ghanim, narrator.

Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, producer, distributor.

Olive Branch Productions, producer, distributor.

New Day Films, producer.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social life and customs.

Arab Americans.

Arab Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions.

Storytelling--Michigan--Detroit.

Storytelling.

Songs, Arabic.

Arab Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Music.

Epic poetry, Arabic--Egypt.

Epic poetry, Arabic.

Music--Arab countries.

Music.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

Arab countries.

Egypt.

Michigan--Detroit.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : ACCESS/Olive Branch Productions, [1995]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

A film about the culture of an immigrant community (Detroit, Michigan) that takes as its point of departure the performance of the Banī Hilāl epic by a story-teller from Egypt. Shows the differences between the desire of the older generation to maintain cultural heritage and the ways in which ethnic memory alters for the newer generation.

Participant:

Narrator: Bushra Karaman; Egyptian story-teller, Shaykh Ghanim Mansoor.

Credits:

Co-producers, Sally Howell, Joan Mandell ; associate producer, Andrew Shryrock.

Notes:

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

63601562