Screening Room with Alan Lomax (1975)- PREVIEW
Loading...
Uploaded by docued on Aug 27, 2008
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
- 24 likes, 0 dislikes
-
Top Comments
All Comments (7)
-
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
- 16:46
Screening Room with Bruce Baillie (1973) - PREVIEWby docued4,860 views
- 9:22
Screening Room with Hollis Frampton (1977) - PREVIEWby docued10,799 views
- 5:47
Screening Room with Les Blank (1973) - PREVIEWby docued3,979 views
- 7:20
Screening Room with Jonas Mekas (1981) - Previewby docued5,288 views
- 4:57
Bukka White and Howlin' Wolf - Blues at Newportby counterlucid27,612 views
- 4:44
Lomax The song hunterby muzykaiswiat3,858 views
- 4:07
Alan Lomax Chain Gang Field recordings True Bluesby bluesrecluse26,547 views
- 2:52
Alan Lomax,Negro Prison & Blues Songs Rosieby czarnuszo2150,984 views
- 1:38
Alan Lomax in Haiti - Commercial (Short Version)by NailDistribution5,189 views
- 3:27
Alan Lomax - Sam Bass (Texas folk song)by rmm413e2,435 views
- 5:11
The Death of Amedee Ardoinby falcanary58,956 views
- 2:12
vera hall - trouble so hardby charlyblues238,910 views
- 1:17
Dreams and Songs of the Noble Oldby folkstreamer31,849 views
- 3:56
R.L. Burnside: See My Jumper Hanging On the Line (1978)by AlanLomaxArchive785,101 views
- 2:51
Spencer Moore: The Girl I Left Behind (1959)by AlanLomaxArchive3,128 views
- 1:02
Wanna feel good? Watch this!by DocsOnline5,533 views
- 4:30
Bob Dylan - Long Time Man Feel Badby ALfaDuB1013,152 views
- 10:29
Demonstration video for the Global Jukebox (1998)by AlanLomaxArchive1,093 views
- 4:18
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Gomni!by tiad99,153 views
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!!!!
AntoPete 3 years ago 4
Nice to see the great Alan Lomax!
xensboy 2 years ago 3