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The librarian and the banjo [videorecording] / a film by Jim Carrier

Published
[Madison, Wis.] : Jim Carrier Films, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Carrier, Jim, 1944-, Epstein, Dena J., 1916-2013, Fleck, Béla, 1958-, Epstein, Suzanne Louise, Flandreau, Suzanne, Weissberg, Eric, Trischka, Tony, 1949-, Jim Carrier Films, Carolina Chocolate Drops (Musical group), Madison Arts Commission (Madison, Wis.), and Wisconsin Arts Board

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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.
Summary
The inspiring true story of Dena Epstein, music librarian and author of the groundbreaking book, Sinful tunes and spirituals: Black folk music to the Civil War. Epstein spent 25 years researching the musical contributions introduced to the New World by Africans brought over in slavery. Among other things, her findings documented that the banjo had been introduced to North America by Africans. The film also discusses how her work helped to spark a revival of black string band music.
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Sound Characteristics
digital
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video
Note
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Includes an additional 40 minutes of bonus material.
Participant/Performer Note
With: Dena J. Epstein, Suzanne Epstein, Suzanne Flandreau, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Bela Fleck, Eric Weissberg, Tony Trischka ; voice actors, Norm Stockwell, Nicholas Wootton, Matt De Paolis, Tony Abate, Melvin Hinton, Jim Carrier.
Funding Information
"This project is funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission, with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board."
Technical Details
DVD-R; all regions; NTSC; 4:3 full screen; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Henry Levine Memorial Libraries Endowment; 2015
Endowment Note
Henry Levine Memorial Libraries Endowment
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