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J.C. Abbey, Ghana's puppeteer / Anyaa Arts Kollektif.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 2597
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Anyaa Arts Kollektif, creator.
- Language:
- Akan
- English
- Ewe
- French
- Guarani
- Italian
- Twi
- Subjects (All):
- Abbey, J. C.
- Puppeteers--Ghana--Drama.
- Puppeteers.
- Puppets--Ghana--Drama.
- Puppets.
- Ghana--Social conditions--20th century--Drama.
- Ghana.
- Ghana--Politics and government--20th century--Drama.
- Music--Ghana--20th century--Drama.
- Music.
- Afrobeat--Ghana--Drama.
- Afrobeat.
- Politics and government.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Ghana's puppeteer
- At head of title: Anyaa Arts Library (Ghana) and VoxLox (USA) present
- Place of Publication:
- Ghana : Anyaa Arts Library ; [New Mexico] : VoxLox, [2016]
- Language Note:
- Commentary and song in English, Ga, Twi, Fante, and Ewe. English, French, and Italian subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- "The film documents an exceptional fifty-year artistic career, from Accra's streets to Ghana's villages to international TV. In fifteen delightful puppet shows, Mr. Abbey is joined by musicians Nii Noi Nortey and Nii Otoo Annan and filmmakers Nii Yemo Nunu and Steven Feld to chronicle Ghana's music since independence in 1957. The marionettes perform ethnic songs, dances and stories, but equally the sounds of highlife, Afro-jazz, Afro-rock, reggae, and contemporary hiplife. The innovative soundtrack includes historical documents from radio, TV and broadcast, and LP, as well as new compositions commissioned and performed to playback. This fifth feature in the Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra series mixes styles of historical documentary and contemporary music video. Through the pleasures of performance it reveals the cosmopolitan politics that intertwine ethnic, traditional, national, and global musical styles in Ghana today" --VoxLox website.
- OCLC:
- 956368624
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