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Dolly & The Inkspots
Web Reference #: V1
TITLE: Dolly & The Inkspots (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg
PRODUCER: The Schadeberg Movie Company
PRICE: $20.00 (private viewing)
$100.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: Dolly Rathebe, "Queen of African Blues," and The Inkspots created one of the most dynamic singing combinations to emerge in South Africa in the early '50s. The received star billing throughout the country and appeared in several feature films. Running time: 28 min.
Ernest Cole
Web Reference #: V2
TITLE: Ernest Cole: 1940-1990 Photo Journalist (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg
PRODUCER: The Schadeberg Movie Company
PRICE: $35.00 (private viewing)
$130.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: Pioneering black photojournalist who exposed injustice and exploitation under Apartheid. The price he paid for his crusade to alert the outside world to conditions in South Africa was high, a life in exile and an untimely, lonely death in New York, far from home. Running time: 52 min.
Have You Seen Drum Recently?
Web Reference #: V3
TITLE: Have You Seen Drum Recently? The black fifties in South Africa (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg
PRODUCER: The Schadeberg Movie Company
PRICE: $45.00 (private viewing)
$150.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: A unique social documentary capturing the Kaleidoscope of black South African life in the 1950s and the impact of Apartheid. Incorporates rare archival footage, stills from the archive of Drum magazine, music from the era, and personal memories. Includes Miriam Makeba, Can Themba, and others. Running time: 77 min.
Sacred Signs
Web Reference #: V4
TITLE: Sacred Signs/Les Signes Sacrés (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Lisa Brittan and Gary van Wyk
PRODUCER: Ndoro Productions
PRICE: $20.00 (private viewing)
$85.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: A short, non-narrative film exploring art and religion among the Basotho people of South Africa. Examines the key symbolism of earth, blood, and rain in mural art and ceremonies. Features footage of a diviner's graduation ceremony, including the sacrifice of a cow, and the graduation of female initiates. Running time: 5 minutes, 4 seconds.
The Seven Ages of Music
Web Reference #: V5
TITLE: The Seven Ages of Music (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Jürgen and Claudia Schadeberg
PRODUCER: The Schadeberg Movie Company
PRICE: $35.00 (private viewing)
$130.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: A freewheeling panoply of South African music embracing traditional rhythm and dance, township jazz, kwela, and other musical forms. Features Hugh Masekela, Dolly Rathebe, Elite Swingsters, Jonas Gwangwa, and others. Running time: 56 min.
William Kentridge / Drawing the Passing
Web Reference #: V6
TITLE: William Kentridge / Drawing the Passing (VHS-NTSC)
FILM BY: Maria Anna Tappeiner & Reinhard Wulf
PRODUCER: Westdeutsche Rundfunk, 1999
PRICE: $35.00 (private viewing)
$130.00 (public viewing-institutions and libraries)
NOTES: Filmmaker Reinhard Wulf and art historian Maria Anna Tappeiner film Kentridge at work in his Johannesburg studio while completing his animated film Stereoscope. In includes excerpts from the finished film and the artist's reflections on his process of making it. Stereoscope premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in April 1999, was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1999, and won the Carnegie Medal, the leading art prize in the United States, in 1999/2000. This documentary film was awarded a Silver Spire (Television/The Arts) at the Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco, 2000. Running time: 50 minutes 27 seconds
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Zolani Mkiva
Web Reference #: MCD1
ARTIST: Zolani Mkiva
TITLE: Zolani Mkiva: Imbongi Ye Sizwe (The Poet of Africa) Qaddafi [Music CD]
PRICE: $ 12.99
NOTES: Six tracks of praise poetry by Nelson Mandela's praise poet, Zolani Mkiva.
Music for the Films of William Kentridge
Web Reference #: MCD2
ARTIST: Philip Miller
TITLE: Music for the Films of William Kentridge [Music CD]
PRICE: $ 19.95
NOTES: William Kentridge regards his music collaborations with Philip Miller as vital to his films. Miller's extraordinary compositions "give a narrative thrust to the films and provide a grammar to them...With the music for these films Philip changes the way we see." Total time: 69:27
cd-rom
William Kentridge [CD-ROM]
Web Reference #: CDROM1
TITLE: William Kentridge [CD-ROM]
PRICE: $ 50.00
NOTES: Celebrated South African artist William Kentridge speaks about his work, which is presented here in multi-media format, allowing an exploration of his notable works of animated film.