Ishi [videorecording] : the last Yahi by Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts ; produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts ; written by Ann Makepeace

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Roberts, Pamela, filmmaker.

Makepeace, Anne.

Hunt, Linda, 1945-

Riffe, Jed.

Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

Rattlesnake Productions, Inc.

Series:

The American experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ishi, -1916.

Ishi.

American Indians--Biography.

American Indians.

Yana Indians.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Videocassettes.

Yana Indians--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Other Title:

Last Yahi

Ishi, the last Yahi

Place of Publication:

Newton, N.J. : Shanachie Entertainment, c1994.

Language Note:

Closed captioned.

System Details:

VHS format, Hi-fi stereo.

Summary:

Presents further research by Jed Riffe on Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi Native American tribe in northern California; an extension of research first presented in: Ishi : the last Yahi : a documentary history / edited by Robert F. Heizer and Theodora Kroeber.

Credits:

Director of photography, Stephen Lighthill; editor, Jennifer Chinlund; narrator, Linda Hunt; voices, Fred Williams ... [et al.]; music, Mark Adler.

Notes:

"Based on original research by Jed Riffe and the book Ishi, the last Yahi, a documentary history, edited by Robert F. Heizer & Theodora Kroeber"--Closing frames.

This video is an expanded version of program seen on The American Experience broadcast, c1992.

"A Rattlesnake Productions film presentation"--Opening frames.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

1566331234

OCLC:

33982464

Publisher Number:

SH 920 Shanachie Entertainment

Access Restriction:

For private home use only.