Screening Room with Alan Lomax (1975)- PREVIEW

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Alan Lomax spent over six decades working as a musicologist, author, record producer,filmmaker, concert promoter, singer, photographer, and network radio host to promoteknowledge and appreciation of the world's folk music. As an anthropologist of the performingarts he produced a multimedia database called The Global Jukebox, which surveysthe relationship between dance, song, and human history. He was a lifelong advocate for"cultural equity," proposing to reverse the centralization of communications and secure avalid forum for the expressive arts of all indigenous cultures. Alan Lomax appeared on Screening Room in August 1975 to discuss the theory of Choreometrics and show the film Dance and Human History.

from the Screening Room series
by Robert Gardner

Previously distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Of related interest is Rhythms of Earth, the new DVD (2008) compiled by John Bishop:
http://www.der.org/films/rhythms-of-earth.html

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  • Used to love watching this show late at night in Boston during the 70's. Always excellent and with some very experimental film and music , as well. Fantastic seeing this again. Thanks so much for posting!!!!

  • Nice to see the great Alan Lomax!

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  • Wow. What a smart point of view !! The relation between people and music remains the same, even in different culture !

    That is what i understood ( If i'm wrong please tell me, i'm french and so there are some passages that i didn't understand ) !

    Thanks for sharing !!

  • who is the host of the show?

  • Lomax je car (is great)

  • This is great - thanks for posting!

  • Very interesting. Thanks for posting

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