| Other author/creator | Ohta, Hiroaki, director. |
| Other author/creator | McArthur, Stephen, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Nihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha. |
| Other author/creator | Multicultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.) |
| Portion of title |
Video anthology of music and dance of the Americas |
| Portion of title |
Music and dance of the Americas |
| Portion of title |
Canada and the United States |
| Contents |
Canada, Francophone traditions: Le brandy / Philippe Bruneau (1:06) -- Le Lancier / Madame Audet & dancers of Orleans Island, Quebec (1:49) -- Medley of Scottish strathspeys and reels / Jean Carignan (2:05) -- La Contradanse / Louis "Pitou" Boudreault (1:16) -- My love is but a lassie yet ; Jackson's bottle of brandy / Emile Benoit (0:33) -- The woman of the house / Emile Benoit (1:09) -- Mon pere a fait bâtir maison / Marie D. Deveaux (0:43) -- Le reel de Sainte-Anne / Audrey St-Coeur (0:40) -- Ecoutez-moi je vas vous chanter un p'tit tour qui m'est arrivé / Lazare Hebert (2:15) -- L'homme à deux femmes / Claude Austin (2:30) -- Stepdancing ; reels (1:22) -- Canada, Native and Anglophone traditions: Inuit katajjait (1:00) -- Soldier's joy (2:10) -- Anchors away love (1:30) -- Mummers' house visit (1:32) -- God rest ye merry gentlemen / Figgy Duff (1:44) -- Lukey's boat / Rik Barron and Dave Panting (1:52) -- Red river jig / Lawrence Houle (0:51) -- United States, African American secular traditions: Mamma lamma coomma lamma (0:57) -- Body slapping and flatfoot dance / Quentin "Fris" Holloway and John D. Holeman (1:39) -- Shouting the blues / Sonny Terry (3:21) -- C.C. Rider / Eddie Kirkland and Neal Pattman (2:45) -- Richmond blues / John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (2:45) -- Freight train / Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1:30) -- Something doing / Kerrigan Black (1:39) -- Save the bones for Henry Jones / Danny Barker (2:41) -- When the saints go marchin' in / Rebirth Brass Band (2:11) -- Meet de boys on de battlefront / The Golden Eagles (1:50) -- Did you ever love a woman? / Rev. A.D. "Gatemouth" Moore and Rufus Thomas (2:24) -- I'm gettin' tired now / Drink Small (4:41) -- Crying in the chapel / The Legendary Orioles (2:30) -- Take me out to see junk yard / The Junkyard Band (1:30). |
| Abstract |
A collection of short video segments showing folk music and dance in Canada and the United States. The video segments contain no spoken introduction or explanation, but the accompanying guide contains: overview essays that discuss entire traditions; selection descriptions that present information about each cut; and resource material, including suggestions for listening, viewing, and reading. The quality of the recording varies from segment to segment. |
| General note | "VTMV-225" on container, "JVCAIIVOL01" on disc surface. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded mostly between 1974 and 1993. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Publisher number | VTMV-225 |
| Publisher number | JVCAIIVOL01 |
