Barbara McCullough

**Barbara McCullough** (amụrụ 1945) bụ onye ntụzi, onye njikwa mmepụta na onye na-ese ihe na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri nke ejikọtara ya na ụlọ akwụkwọ Los Angeles nke Black na-ese ihe nkiri kwụụrụ onwe ya. A maara ya nke ọma maka  (1979), *mmụọ akpa ịzụ ahịa na ihe nlegharị anya n'okporo ụzọ: Ntụgharị uche na Oghere Ritual* (1980), *Fragments* (1980), na *World Saxophone Quartet* (1980). 

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
Amụrụ na New Orleans, McCullough kwagara Los Angeles mgbe ọ dị afọ 11.  Nna ya bụ onye egwu na n'ihi na ọ bụ onye agha kpuru ìsì o nwere ohere ịgụ akwụkwọ nke nyere ya ohere ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ nkeonwe.  Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị nke Bishop Conaty Memorial  na mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Cal State LA na LA Community College, batara na UCLA site na mmemme mmemme mmụta mahadum.  Mgbe ọ na-aga UCLA ọ ga-abụ akụkụ nke ebili mmiri nke abụọ nke ndị na-ese ihe nkiri LA Rebellion a ma ama bụ nke ụmụ nwanyị na-acha agba gụnyere Alile Sharon Larkin, Julie Dash, Jacqueline Frazier, Melvonna Ballenger, O. Funmilayo Makarah, na Carroll Parrott Blue.  N'ịbụ nwa akwụkwọ UCLA, McCullough kere òkè na Project One nke bụ mmemme maka ụmụ akwụkwọ na-achọ ihe nkiri nke mere ka ha dee, na-eduzi ma dezie ihe nkiri n'oge nkeji agụmakwụkwọ mbụ ha tupu ha enwee klas mmepụta.   Project One ga-abụ mmalite maka ọtụtụ ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke LA Rebellion gụnyere Julie Dash na Carrol Parrott Blue.   Site na Project One, McCullough mepụtara ihe echere na ọ bụ ihe nkiri mbụ ya *Chephren-Khafra: Afọ Abụọ nke Ọchịchị.* 

Ịgba egwu masịrị McCullough masịrị ya, mana ọ chere na ọ ga-elepụ anya n'èzí ya maka ụzọ ọ ga-esi gosipụta ihe okike ya n'ime ihe mgbochi nke ọrụ ya dị ka nwa akwụkwọ kọleji debanyere aha na UCLA na dị ka nne nke ụmụ abụọ.  O nwekwara mmasị na akụkọ ihe mere eme, nkà mmụta uche na akwụkwọ, karịsịa ọrụ Zora Neale Hurston .  Ọ bụ ịhụnanya o nwere maka ịse foto dọtara ya gaa na ihe nkiri nnwale na vidiyo, ebe ọ chọrọ ịghọ "Hurston nke vidiyo" na "imetụ mmụọ na ụbara nke obodo [ya] site n'ikpughe anwansi ya, na-emetụ textures ya na ịzọda echiche ochie. ka ọ na-ekpughe akụkọ ndị a na-enweghị atụ na-egosipụta ndụ ndị America America."  McCullough ga-aga n'ihu iji nweta BA na Nkwukọrịta Nkwukọrịta na MFA ya na Ụlọ ihe nkiri Theater Arts, Film and Television Production na UCLA, na ọrụ ya nwetara ọkwá ya dị ka onye nnọchiteanya na-akpa ike nke Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Los Angeles nke Ndị Na-eme Ihe nkiri Black.  Ụmụ nwanyị ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nke Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Los Angeles na-ekerịta ọchịchọ nke òtù ahụ ikwusa echiche ha banyere akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị ojii na ahụmahụ na ihe nkiri ma ọ bụ vidiyo, ma ha na-achọkarị imesi ahụmahụ ụmụ nwanyị ike, na ọrụ McCullough karịsịa na-etinye uche na isiokwu nke imepụta ihe na ihe okike. ememe. 

Ọ ga-emecha cheta oge ya na UCLA na "ọ bụ nkà ihe ọmụma na-edeghị ede na ị bụghị naanị nwa akwụkwọ kama onye na-ese ihe nkiri nke onwe ya dị na obodo nke ndị na-ese ihe nkiri na-akwado onwe ha na-akwado ọrụ ibe ha dị ka ike ha nwere ike. Ọtụtụ oge, ọ dịghị. Otu onye nwere ezigbo nkwado ego, o werekwa ụfọdụ n'ime anyị ọtụtụ afọ iji rụchaa ọrụ anyị ndị ọzọ na mgba site na usoro nke na-adịghị karịsịa ịzụlite.  

## Ọrụ
**Ọrụ nọọrọ onwe ya**

Emepụtara ihe nkiri mbụ McCullough *Chephren-Khafra: Afọ Abụọ nke Ọchịchị* dị ka ihe nkiri Project One ya na UCLA.  Ihe nkiri a gosipụtara nwa nwoke McCullough dị afọ abụọ mgbe ahụ wee kpaakọta ihe onyonyo na-akpụ akpụ ma ka na-ese foto na eserese nkeonwe.  Isiokwu ndị dị na ihe nkiri ahụ gụnyere akụkọ Egypt na ndị Africa ndị ọzọ yana mmekọrịta dị n'etiti Black Diaspora na Africa.  Ọ na-egosipụtakwa Afrofemcentrism, na-enyocha ọnọdụ ezinụlọ, mebie oke n'etiti ụlọ na ọrụ, ma na-egosipụta echiche cinematic na-amaghị nke ọma banyere echiche nwanyị ojii. 

Ememe mmiri McCullough's *Water Ritual #1: Ememe ime obodo nke ịdị ọcha* sitere na ahụmịhe ya na enyi ya nwere nkụja ụjọ  na mmụọ mmụọ nke Africa ka ọ na-egosi nwanyị na-eme emume na-akpali ngwakọta nke ala na ihe ndị ọzọ na calabash, wee iko. ngwakọta ahụ dị n'aka ya, wee fepụ ya. Ihe nkiri a na-ese okwu n'ihi na ọ na-egosi na nwanyị ahụ na-alaghachi n'ime ụlọ ahụ na-akụda ụlọ n'azụ ma na-amịpụta n'ala.  McCullough kọwara na e bu n'obi nwanyị ahụ ka ọ gosipụta ndị niile a chụpụrụ na mba ndị na-emepe emepe bụ ndị a manyere ibi ndụ dịka ụkpụrụ omenala ndị ọzọ siri dị. Omume nnupụisi ya n'ala ala ọzọ na-ekwupụta nnwere onwe ya n'ahụ ahụ nke ya.  A na-ese ihe nkiri ahụ na 16mm oji na ọcha, ihe nkiri ahụ mere na mpaghara Watts, LA nke a kpochapụrụ iji mee ụzọ maka I-105 freeway. 

*Mụọ akpa ịzụ ahịa na n'okporo ụzọ awara awara: Ntụleghachi na Oghere Ememe* nwere akụkụ dị iche iche na-edekọ ndị na-ese ihe na Los Angeles ka ha na-emepụta ọrụ nka nke na-adịghị mma. McCullough gbara ndị na-ese ihe ajụjụ ọnụ wee jụọ ha gbasara mmemme ha na usoro okike ha, ihe ndị ọ na-achị gụnyere onye na-ese ihe na onye na-ese ihe bụ Kinshasha Conwill; onye na-ede uri Kamau Daa'ood; onye na-ese ihe David Hammons ; ọkpụkpọ N'senga Negundi; onye egwu Raspoeter Ojenke; na onye na-ese ihe na onye na-ese ihe Bettye Saar .  N'ajụjụ ọnụ banyere ihe nkiri ya, McCullough kwuru na "ememme bụ ihe atụ ihe atụ" nke nwere ike ịhapụ isiokwu ahụ n'onwe ya iji mee ka ọ "si n'otu oghere na oge banye ọzọ." 

**Ọrụ Azụmahịa**

McCullough jere ozi dị ka onye nhazi mmepụta maka KCET-TV na Los Angeles, onye na-emepụta ihe maka Pacific Data Images, na-arụ ọrụ maka Cine Motion Pictures, Digital Domain, ma bụrụ onye njikwa nke mbanye & Ọmụmụ ihe na Rhythm na Hues Studios .    Mgbe afọ iri abụọ na-arụ ọrụ na mmepụta ihe nkiri na mmetụta visual na Los Angeles, ọ nwetala ọtụtụ kredit na nnukwu ihe nkiri ihe nkiri gụnyere *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), *Toys* (1992), na *Ace Ventura: Mgbe Oku Nature* (1995).  McCullough bụzi Onye isi oche nke Ngalaba Mmetụta Visual na Savannah College of Art and Design . 

**Enyemaka**

Onyinye maka ọrụ ya gụnyere Avant-Garde Masters Grant maka ihe nkiri nnwale sitere na National Film Preservation Film Foundation maka mweghachi nke UCLA Film na Television Archives nke ihe nkiri ya Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification.  Onyinye ndị ọzọ bụ Brody Arts Fund, Black Programming Consortium-Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Western States Black Research Foundation na National Endowments for Arts nyere onyinye. 

## Ntụaka
Na ihe osise a na-arara nye ndị mkpọrọ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị niile, yana ndị nwụrụ anwụ na-alụ ọgụ maka eziokwu, ikpe ziri ezi. na nnwere onwe, mmụọ nke ụmụnna ndị a apụghị, ọ gaghịkwa anwụ anwụ akwụkwọ kama onye na-ese ihe nkiri nke onwe ya dị na obodo nke ndị na-ese ihe nkiri na-akwado onwe ha na-akwado ọrụ ibe ha dị ka ike ha nwere ike. Ọtụtụ oge, ọ dịghị. Otu

## Njikọ mpụga

* Nnupụisi LA: Ịmepụta Cinema ojii ọhụrụ
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* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Barbara McCullough

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