A Spirit Here Today: a Scrapbook of Chopi Village Music
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1994.2.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Zantzinger, Alfred Gei
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content: Gei Zantzinger films
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content: Video recordings (45 minutes; VHS)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Video recordings
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content: Edited film presents a sample of the music and dance of the Chopi villagers of Mozambique. Film emphasizes how singing and dancing is a reflection of Chopi history, values, and spirit. Footage includes the chingomana women's dance, boy's initiation dances, funeral songs, social commentary songs, and the "Great Song" where the entire village participates. Footage consists of film taken in Mozambique before the wars of 1989-1992, interviews with Chopi refugees in Zimbabwe, and scenes of Chopi life in Mozambique after the war and drought.