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Seni's children / Fernando Trueba and the Centre Georges Pompidou present ; a film by Philip Haas ; produced by Fernando Trueba ; directed by Philip Haas.
LIBRA DVD 022 411
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Magicians of the earth
- Magicians of the earth : a series of films on traditional arts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Camara, Seni.
- Sculpture, African.
- Art--Senegal.
- Art.
- Women sculptors--Senegal.
- Women sculptors.
- Art--Africa, West.
- Art, African.
- West Africa.
- Senegal.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video, [1990]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "Seni Camara lives with her husband and family in the village of Big[n]ona in southern Senegal. Working outside the local tradition of making pots and 'useful' objects out of clay, Seni claims that through a 'gift of God' she has been able to create thousands of bizarre, magnificent creatures -- clay sculptures of astonishing originality."--Container.
- Participant:
- Artist, Seni Camara.
- Credits:
- Camera, Tony Wilson; editor, Belinda Cowdy; music, Foday Musa Suso.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1990.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- OCLC:
- 857592102
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