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I is a Long Memoried Woman

Synopsis
A drama/dance adaptation of a collection of poems by Grace Nichols. By drawing on elements of African culture such as music, sorcery and magic, it tells of a spiritual journey of an African woman taken in captivity to the Caribbean, her experiences as a slave, and how she survives being uprooted form her native land. Dramatised sequences are interspersed with Grace Nichol’s comments about her poems, placed in the context of Afro-Caribbean history.
Series
Black Arts Video Project, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.
Year of production
1990
Availability
Out OF Distribution; 1998 sale £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) Arts Council 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) Resources in Education and Training
Notes
Reviewed in British Council FVR 202.
Subjects
English language and literature
Keywords
Africa; Caribbean writers; colonial history; Nichols, Grace; poetry

Credits

Director
Frances Anne Solomon
Producer
David Wilkinson
Writer
Grace Nichols
Contributor
Grace Nichols

Production Company

Name

Leda Serene

Name

Yod Video

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone
020 7973 6455
Fax
020 7973 6581
Address
London
SW1P 3NG

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes
Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
Name

Resources in Training & Education Ltd

Contact
Donald Hill, Mark Brady
Email
admin@riteltd.net
Web
http://www.riteltd.net External site opens in new window
Phone
01749 689027
Fax
01749 689027
Address
26 Lower Chapel Court
South Horrington
Wells
Somerset
BA5 3DF
Notes
Probably no longer in business (2009)

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