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MKANDENI, MKANDENI, THE THE
THE
A complete performance of traditional
music and dance composed by a Chopi
village in southern Mozambique. Dancers
are accompanied by xylophone orchestras.
Illustrates the use of instruments tuned in
several pitches, the high development of
timbila (xylophones), and the structure of
Chopi music.
Item no. : ZA07860017
Format : DVD (With Study Guide)
Duration : 48 minutes
Price : USD 235.00
CA CA DAO: DAO: THE THE FOLK FOLK POE POETRY POE POE TRY
OF OF VIETNAM
VIETNAM
By David Grubin
Professor Tran Van Khe, University of
Paris musicologist, discusses ca dao, the
traditional voice of the Vietnamese people.
His comments are accompanied by
scenes of the Vietnamese landscape and
of ordinary Vietnamese people singing
and making poetry according to traditional
melodies. Khe and his daughter, Ngoc
Thuy, sing ca dao and play traditional
Vietnamese instrumental music on the
16-string zither, the danh tranh, and the
one-string viol, the danh co. (Ref: Balaban,
J.A., Ca Dao Vietnam, Unicorn Press,
1980.) Translator and consultant: John A.
Balaban.
Item no. : TZ07860073
Format : DVD
Duration : 9 minutes
Price : USD 145.00
DUDUKI DUDUKI OF OF OF TBILISI: TBILISI: TBILISI: EELDAR
E LDAR
SHOS SHOSHITASHVILI SHOS SHOS HITASHVILI AND AND HIS
HIS
STUDENTS
STUDENTS
By Hugo Zemp and Nino Tsitsishvili
While the rural polyphonic songs of
Georgia (Caucasus) are internationally
appreciated and have become a national
symbol, the urban instrumental music of
the eastern part of the country is less well
known. The Georgian duduki, a
double-reed wind instrument of the oboe
family, is known by different names in
neighboring countries such as Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey.
In the 19th century Tbilisi, the capital of
Georgia, had a large multi-lingual
population composed mainly of Georgians,
Armenians, Azeri and Kurds, who
practised and listened to duduki music.
Traditional duduki music, performed by a
soloist, a drone player, and a doli drummer
who is also a singer, is derived from
Middle Eastern styles and repertoires.
Georgian musicians in the 20th century
developed westernized local styles
recalling the famous three-part polyphonic
rural singing.
At a rehearsal for an upcoming concert,
his students perform traditional oriental
repertoires as well as modern westernized
songs.
Item no. : WA03650825
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 21 minutes
Copyright : 2012
Price : USD 190.00
GEE, GEE, OFFICER OFFICER OFFICER KRUPKE
KRUPKE
Documents the rehearsal of the "Gee,
Officer Krupke" scene from Leonard
Bernstein's West Side Story, and its
ultimate public performance by a college
theater group. Print material included. Dr.
Edward A. Mason. Blue Ribbon winner,
American Film Festival.
Item no. : HJ07860176
Format : DVD
Duration : 25 minutes
Price : USD 215.00
SPIRIT SPIRIT SPIRIT HERE HERE TODAY, TODAY, A
A
Documents the lives and music of
Mozambique's Chopi people, beginning
with a visit by anthropologist Gei
Zantzinger in 1973 and contrasting those
scenes with what was left of the Chopi way
of life some twenty years later. Describes
the impact of sixteen years of civil war and
four years of drought, emphasizing that
these once self-sufficient people have kept
their great sense of pride and a
remarkable level of hope. Narrated by
Franka Insinger.
Item no. : AH07860380
Format : DVD
Duration : 44 minutes
Price : USD 205.00
NATIVE NORTH
AMERICANS
6 6 GENERATIONS
GENERATIONS
By Paul Goldsmith
Ernestine De Soto is a Chumash Native
American whose mother Mary Yee was
the last speaker of her native Barbareno
language. In 6 Generations, her family
reaches back to the days the Spanish
arrived in Santa Barbara and made first
contact. Ernestine tells this history from
the perspective of her female ancestors,
making her a unique link with the past.
Famous anthropologist John Peabody
Harrington, whose work focused on native
peoples of California, started research
with her family in 1913 and continued with
three generations for nearly 50 years. This
inspired Ernestine's mother to begin taking
notes and, combined with mission records
(which survived intact from the late 1700s),
they form the heart of this story. Because
of these circumstances, her story, possible
only in California, is unique in America.
The impact of loss of land, language,
culture and life itself is made all the more
clear as this story is told in Native
American voices, who describe the events
as they experienced them. Ultimately, it is
a story of survival and the fierce
endurance of Ernestine's ancestors,
particularly the women.
Review
� "This is history as autobiography,
foregrounding the power of language
and telling a checkered tale of cultural
survival in the extreme. The time
depth is simply astonishing, and the
narrative is frank and true and
sometimes stark. 6 Generations is a
home run. I cannot recommend it
highly enough." - David Hurst Thomas,
Current Anthropology
Item no. : RB03650819
Format : DVD (Color)
Duration : 57 minutes
Copyright : 2011
Price : USD 224.00
NATURAL
RESOURCES
CHASING CHASING WATER
WATER
Directed by Pete McBride
Breathtaking photography tells the story of
the Colorado River, which flowed to the
sea for 6 million years and now dries up 90
miles short of the Sea of Cortez.
After spending a decade working abroad
as a photojournalist, Colorado native Pete
McBride, decided to focus on something
closer to his home and his heart: the
Colorado River which cuts through his
backyard. Taking nearly three years,
McBride followed the river source to sea
on a personal journey to see exactly
where the river goes and what becomes of
the irrigation water that flows across his
family's cattle ranch in central Colorado
after it returns to the creek.
Recruiting hisfather, John, as his personal
pilot McBride chose an aerial vantage to
capture a unique and fresh view of the
Colorado River Basin. He also partnered
with Jon Waterman, an author who stayed
stream level to paddle the entire length of
the river.
This short film takes the viewer on a 1,500
mile adventure downstream, from
mountains and cities and through canyons
and across shrinking reservoirs. For 6
million years the Colorado River flowed to
the sea. Today it runs dry some 90 miles
shy of its historic terminus at the Sea of
Cortez.
This visual journey is both revealing and
alarming as it highlights the state of the
river and the Southwest's drying future.
Featuring the photography of Pete
McBride and music by Explosions In The
Sky, This Will Destroy You, Jesse Cook,
and Ludovico Einaudi.
master musician Eldar Shoshitashvili and
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