Richard Hawkins Imbalu films
name: label: Filmmaker
content: Hawkins, Richard C., 1922-2015
label: Anthropologist
content: Heald, Suzette
label: Creator
content: MacDougall, David
place: label: Place
content: Africa, East
label: Place
content: Uganda
topic: label: Topic
content: Circumcision
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Richard Hawkins in 1985.
creator: label: Filmmaker
content: Hawkins, Richard C., 1922-2015
label: Anthropologist
content: Heald, Suzette
label: Creator
content: MacDougall, David
culture: label: Culture
content: Gisu (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Richard Hawkins Imbalu films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Videocassettes (158 minutes, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The camera original film has been lost.  Workprint and sync track were returned to donor and and NAFC/HSFA made a 3/4" master that is now the archival original.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1985.01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Heald, Suzette, 1982. "The making of men: the relevance of venacular psychology to the interpretation of a Gisu ritual."   -- Africa --  vol. 52(1):15-36.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of footage from the edited film Imbau, documenting a young men's initiation ceremony performed in 1967 by the Gisu of Uganda.  Collection also contains an article written by Suzette Heald, transcriptions and translations. 

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