Capital of Earth: the Maroons of Moore Town (outtakes)
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1991.12.2
name: label: Creator
content: Miller, Jefferson
label: Creator
content: Bilby, Kenneth M., 1953-
place: label: Place
content: West Indies
label: Place
content: Jamaica
label: Place
content: Moore Town (Jamaica)
label: Place
content: Blue Mountains (Jamaica)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Jefferson Miller in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Miller, Jefferson
label: Creator
content: Bilby, Kenneth M., 1953-
culture: label: Culture
content: Maroons
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 7,600 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1991.12
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 a film project shot in eastern Jamaica among the descendants of escaped African slaves who formed rebel communities in the Blue Mountains. Documented are aspects of Maroon culture including communal labor (with digging songs), Kromanti drumming and healing rights, and cultivation and marketing of agricultural produce.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Human Studies Film Archives also holds an edited release print of Capital of Earth: the Maroons of Moore Town as part of its Penn State Film collection.