John Marshall and Nicholas England Ghana Drumming films
name: label: Creator
content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
label: Creator
content: England, Nicholas M.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Ghana
topic: label: Topic
content: Music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Documentary Educational Resources in 2008.
creator: label: Creator
content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
label: Creator
content: England, Nicholas M.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (9 hours, color sound; 19,843 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Sound recordings (9 hours, 1/4 inch)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2008.11
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film project shot in Ghana by John Marshall in collaboration with ethnomusicologist Nicholas England. The footage focuses on the music and influence of Vinoko Akpalu, an important Ewe conposer and poet.  Marhsall shot the film on Akpalu's hometown of ANyako, Ghana in August 1972.  England recorded teh synchronous sound and made additional recordings.

It appears that Marhsall and England planned to edit a film from this mateial, but the project was never completed.

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