Description |
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD. |
Performer |
Dena J. Epstein, Suzanne Epstein, Suzanne Flandreau, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Bela Fleck, Eric Weissberg, Tony Trischka. |
Note |
Includes an additional 40 minutes of bonus material. |
Summary |
The story of music librarian Dena Epstein, who labored 25 years to document the musical of contribution of African slaves to the New World. Her work proved that the banjo was a slave instrument, and sparked a revival of black string band music. |
Contents |
Bonus material: How the minstrel banjo reveals slave styles / Bob Winas -- The gourd banjo revival / Scott Didlake, Clarke Buehling and Pete Ross -- A new generation of black musicians learns the banjo in Oakland -- Filming outtakes of banjos, libraries, music and more. |
Subject |
Epstein, Dena J., 1916-2013.
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Epstein, Dena J., 1916-2013. |
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Banjo -- United States -- History.
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Banjo. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Music librarians -- Biography.
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Music librarians. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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String band music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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String band music. |
Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Epstein, Dena J., 1916-2013.
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Carrier, Jim, 1944-
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Fleck, Béla, 1958-
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Epstein, Suzanne.
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Flandreau, Suzanne.
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Weissberg, Eric.
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Trischka, Tony, 1949-
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Jim Carrier Films.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group)
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