Sons of the Moon (outtakes)
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1985.3.1
name: label: Creator
content: Speed, Francis
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Nigeria
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Storytelling
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Dierdre La Pin in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Speed, Francis
culture: label: Culture
content: Angas (African people)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 12,000 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1985.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Outtakes from the edited film SONS OF THE MOON focuses on the Ngas of Nigeria's Jos Plateau who believe that the moon governs human events as well as the growth of crops. They schedule their lives--including boys' rites of passage to manhood--accordingly. Told from the point of view of an Ngas bard, the film traces the moon's influence on Ngas life and thought through an entire growing season.

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