Film elements for an unfinished Pan Africa film project
date: label: Date
content: 1970-1971
name: label: Created by
content: Lebert "Sandy" Bethune, Jamaican American
label: Subject of
content: Cyril Lionel Robert James, Trinidadian, 1901 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Graham Du Bois, American, 1896 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Peter Abrahams, South African and Jamaican, 1919 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican, 1895 - 1973
notes: label: Description
content: Unfinished ‘Pan Africa’ film project created by Lebert “Sandy” Bethune. Consists of 29 16mm film rolls/elements with sound and color, in 8 cans: 16mm color reversal film, 16mm full coat mag, ¼” open reel audio tape, and paper transcriptions.
label: Description
content: In 1970, filmmaker and scholar Lebert “Sandy” Bethune started what would become his final film. Though he never completed the film, Bethune conducted 4 interviews with thought leaders in the Pan-Africa movement: CLR James and Shirley Graham Du Bouis, both interviewed by Bethune at Columbia University, and Peter Abrahams and Amy Jacques Garvey, both interviewed by Bethune in Jamaica. Combined the interviews are approximately 150 minutes in length. The footage is entirely unedited, camera original 16mm color reversal film.
place: label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
label: Movement
content: Black Nationalism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lebert "Sandy" Bethune
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.37.2.1a-z
objectType: label: Type
content: audiotapes
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Lebert Bethune
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film) (total): ~12985 ft