<I>Woza Albert!</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1982
name: label: Directed by
content: Barney Simon, South African, 1932 - 1995
label: Written by
content: Percy Mtwa, South African, born 1954
label: Written by
content: Mbongeni Ngema, South African, born 1956
label: Subject of
content: Percy Mtwa, South African, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Mbongeni Ngema, South African, born 1956
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 motion picture film with the title Woza Albert!. It consists of a single reel of color polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film is a recording of a satirical eponymous play by Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni Ngema, and is about the second coming of Jesus Christ, which happens in South Africa. The play's cast consists of only two persons.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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: 2017.55.95.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
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: 49 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1750 Feet