Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Guinier, Marie
2. Ward, Gail
3. Walker, Adriene
4. Escobar, M'bewe
5. Miles, Karen
6. Wilson, Amma
7. Oliver, Cynthia
8. Green, Fanni
9. Teish, Luisah
10. Gato, Nego
11. Basse-Wiles, Marie
12. Massamba, Coster
13. Sompa, Biza
14. Baegne, Mabiba
15. Sompa, Tatitos
16. Chappell, Carol
17. Macedo, Jorgé.
18. Macedo, Té.
19. Xavier, Julieta
20. Piedade, Eugénia
21. Tonge, Seku
22. Ryder, Kevin
23. O'Reilly, Terry
24. Ione, Carole, 1937-
25. Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016
26. Maynard, Valerie
27. Blu
28. Rush, Loren, 1935-
29. Even, Tirtza
30. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival
31. Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Inc
32. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Musical theater work juxtaposing the life of Njinga, a seventeenth-century female ruler of Ndongo (present-day Angola), with twentieth-century characters and political events.

Uniform title

1. Njinga the queen king (Musical)

Alternative title

1. Return of a warrior
2. Njinga muchino a muhaito
3. Njinga muchino a muhaito.

Subject

1. Nzinga, Queen of Matamba, 1582-1663
2. Capoeira (Dance)
3. Sword-dance
4. Angola -- History
5. Acrobatic dancing

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.
3. Musicals.
4. Black films and programs.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-713

Note

1. Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1993 Next Wave Festival, in association with the Pauline Oliveros Foundation Inc.
2. Duration: disc 1 (62 min.); disc 2 (53 min.).

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Cameraperson, Tirtza Even; fight choreography, Nego Gato; traditional Congolese music arranged by Titos Sompa; traditional Brazilian music arranged by Nego Gato; electro-acoustical design, Loren Rush; scenery/costumes, Valerie Maynard; lighting, Blu.

Performer (note)

1. Marie Guinier (old woman kilunda [spirit]), Gail Ward (Jinny), Adriene Walker (Grandma Jinny), M'bewe Escobar (child Njinga), Karen Miles (Kifungi), Amma Wilson (Kambu), Cynthia Oliver (Njinga kilunda), Fanni Green (voice of Njinga kilunda), Luisah Teish (old woman), Kevin Ryder (Father Brandaon/suitman/De Sousa), Terry O'Reilly (CIA man/slayer/DeGaeta, Seku Tonge (spirit drummer), Nego Gato (Mbandi/Mbandi kilunda), Marie Basse Wiles (Queen Kengela/Ngana Inene), Coster Massamba (King Ngola Kiluaji), Biza Sompa (head warrior), Mabiba Baegne (adult Njinga), Titos Sompa (Patrice Lumumba/warrior), with Carol Chappell and others ; Angolan guest artists, Jorgé Macedo, Té Macedo, Julieta Xavier, and Eugénia Piedade.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on Dec. 4, 1993, by Character Generators/Video.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-4248.

Title

1. Njinga, the queen king [videorecording] : return of a warrior = Njinga muchino a muhaito / written and directed by Ione ; choreography/movement, Carol Chappell, Nego Gato, Biza Sompa, and Titos Sompa ; original music/sound, Pauline Oliveros.

Imprint

1. 1993.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Cameraperson, Tirtza Even; fight choreography, Nego Gato; traditional Congolese music arranged by Titos Sompa; traditional Brazilian music arranged by Nego Gato; electro-acoustical design, Loren Rush; scenery/costumes, Valerie Maynard; lighting, Blu.

Cast

1. Marie Guinier (old woman kilunda [spirit]), Gail Ward (Jinny), Adriene Walker (Grandma Jinny), M'bewe Escobar (child Njinga), Karen Miles (Kifungi), Amma Wilson (Kambu), Cynthia Oliver (Njinga kilunda), Fanni Green (voice of Njinga kilunda), Luisah Teish (old woman), Kevin Ryder (Father Brandaon/suitman/De Sousa), Terry O'Reilly (CIA man/slayer/DeGaeta, Seku Tonge (spirit drummer), Nego Gato (Mbandi/Mbandi kilunda), Marie Basse Wiles (Queen Kengela/Ngana Inene), Coster Massamba (King Ngola Kiluaji), Biza Sompa (head warrior), Mabiba Baegne (adult Njinga), Titos Sompa (Patrice Lumumba/warrior), with Carol Chappell and others ; Angolan guest artists, Jorgé Macedo, Té Macedo, Julieta Xavier, and Eugénia Piedade.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on Dec. 4, 1993, by Character Generators/Video.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local subject

1. Acrobatic dancing.

Added author

1. Guinier, Marie. Performer
2. Ward, Gail. Performer
3. Walker, Adriene. Performer
4. Escobar, M'bewe. Performer
5. Miles, Karen. Performer
6. Wilson, Amma. Performer
7. Oliver, Cynthia. Performer
8. Green, Fanni. Performer
9. Teish, Luisah. Performer
10. Gato, Nego. prf, choreographer. Arranger
11. Basse-Wiles, Marie. Performer
12. Massamba, Coster. Performer
13. Sompa, Biza. prf, choreographer.
14. Baegne, Mabiba. Performer
15. Sompa, Tatitos, choreographer. Arranger. Performer
16. Chappell, Carol, choreographer. Performer
17. Macedo, Jorgé. Performer
18. Macedo, Té. Performer
19. Xavier, Julieta. Performer
20. Piedade, Eugénia. Performer
21. Tonge, Seku. Performer
22. Ryder, Kevin. Performer
23. O'Reilly, Terry. Performer
24. Ione, Carole, 1937- Author. Director
25. Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016. Composer
26. Maynard, Valerie. Designer. Costume designer
27. Blu. Lighting designer
28. Rush, Loren, 1935-
29. Even, Tirtza. Videographer
30. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.
31. Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Inc.
32. DHCA.

Added title

1. Njinga the queen king (Musical)
2. Njinga muchino a muhaito.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-713