The Black Moslem
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1998.18.12
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brom, John L.
setName: label: See more items in
content: John L. Brom films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color silent; 1,984 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film contains some of the same or similar footage as seen in "Africa Sings and Dances." Film includes urban scenes, manuscript illuminations, "witch doctor" scenes, tribal group with bodies painted with red, a north African marketplace (snake charmers and musicians), ruins of a city, Dogon men dancing, ivory caravan, and scenes in a desert location, probably in North Africa, of women dancing, drummers, men in robes and formal dress, rider robed in purple on a black horse, men in bright elaborate robes under tents and awnings participating in a ceremony.  Film is missing the sound track. 

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Rites and ceremonies ; Marketplaces ; Dance ; Drummers (Musicians)