| Witch Doctor | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1861 |
| Catalog #: | 507460 | |
| Clip Number: | 507460-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-265 | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:23 - 01:36:42 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African CULTURAL GROUPS: Stereotypes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA RELIGION: Misc RELIGION: Rituals, Unique | |
| Description: | Same as catalog #515500 TLS male African tribal warriors, priests, natives (actually, African-American actors) dancing in dark hut. MS "pygmy" dwarf (black male midget, little person) witch doctor with white spots on face, holding bone or club over prone goat laying on table in hut. MS black man in native warrior garb dancing, shaking uncontrollably as though given to religious fit, devout otherworldly seizure. MS goat being held down, struggling to get up, shaking nervously. TLS African men swaying, playing animal skin hand drums in hut. | |
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