<I>Black Water </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990
name: label: Created by
content: Charlotte Cerf
label: Created by
content: Allen Moore, American, born 1952
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title Black Water. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with variable area optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary focuses on the effects of water pollution in a river in Sao Braz, Bahia, Brazil. Through translated first-hand accounts, the film shows how pollutants discharged from factories and a paper mill upstream affects local residents.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Bahia, Brazil, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Nature
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.12.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 26 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 950 Feet