Georgia Sea Island Singers
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1995.10.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009
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content: Bess Lomax Hawes films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (12 minutes, black-and-white sound; 1070 feet, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film shot with multiple cameras on a soundstage when John Davis, Mabel Hillery, Bessie Jones, Henry Morrison and Emma Lee Ramsey came to California as representatives of the larger group of Sea Island Singers who lived on St. Simon's Island, Georgia. This film presents a small part of their repertoire of sacred music, including the songs "Moses," "Yonder Comes Day," "Buzzard Lope" ("Throw Me Anywhere Lord"), "Adam in the Garden" ("Picking up Leaves"), and "Down in the Mire" ("Bright Star Shinning in Glory").  The films were made in the Anthropology Department of San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University at Northridge) by Beth Lomax Hawes.