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The making of Americans

Title: The making of Americans [videorecording] / directed by Caecilia Tripp ; produced by Marla Shelton.
Publication: 2004.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (18 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Experimental film blending texts by Gertrude Stein (The making of Americans and the opera Four saints in three acts) with performance excerpts and images from hip-hop culture.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Films Association.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Personal/independent works.
Video.

Credits (note)

Text by Gertrude Stein.

Event (note)

Recorded at the Apollo Theater and other locations in New York City in 2004.

Biography (note)

Entrant in the Dance Films Association's 33rd annual Dance on Camera Festival 2005.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2365

OCLC

NYPG06-F1024

Title

The making of Americans [videorecording] / directed by Caecilia Tripp ; produced by Marla Shelton.

Imprint

2004.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Text by Gertrude Stein.

Performer

Performers include DJ Spooky, Jean Grae, Postell, Laserface, and Oindamola and Bisola Brown.

Event

Recorded at the Apollo Theater and other locations in New York City in 2004.

Biography

Entrant in the Dance Films Association's 33rd annual Dance on Camera Festival 2005.

Added Author

Tripp, Caecilia. Director

Shelton, Marla. Producer

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. Performer

Grae, Jean. Performer

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Author

Dance Films Association.

Dance on Camera Film Festival.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2365

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