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The Chopi timbila dance / produced by Gei Zantzinger ; directed by Andrew Tracey.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Chopi (African people)--Music.
- Chopi (African people).
- Chopi (African people)--Dance.
- Dance music, Chopi.
- Dance--Mozambique.
- Dance.
- Xylophone music.
- Ethnic music recordings--Mozambique.
- Ethnic music recordings, Chopi.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings--Mozambique.
- Ethnic music recordings, Chopi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (41 min.) : sound, color.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University, Media Sales, c1980.
- Language Note:
- English narration; lyrics subtitled in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- An analytical film on the Chopi orchestra and dancers of Mozambique, demonstrating the range of the variously-sized xylophones and the complexities of the musical and dance styles. Only one instrumental (prologue) and three dance movements (entry, slow, councillors' dance) out of the usual 9 or 10 in a performance are shown, with history and current events as subjects.
- Participant:
- Venancio Mbande and the Timbila of Wildebeesfontein Mine, Bophuthatswana.
- Credits:
- Camera, Cliff Bestall ; sound, Gei Zantzinger ; editor, Ben Levin ; field research assistants, Rosemary Logie and Philippa Harris.
- Notes:
- "40354"--Container.
- Description based on VHS version record.
- Other Format:
- VHS version The Chopi timbila dance
- OCLC:
- 77961032
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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