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Constant Spring Productions · 1994 English
For the Chopi, music is an integral part of every stage of one's life. This film explores the Chopi’s interwoven matrix of music and personal development, from youth into adulthood, …
Constant Spring Productions · 1987 English
A collaborative work by filmmaker Gei Zantzinger and anthropologist David Coplan. Difela combines the tough, earthy language of mining life with unexpected poetic touches, sung out in a flowing chant. …
Constant Spring Productions · 1986 English
The Badius are descendants of runaway African slaves and Portuguese colonists, and their music reflects this mix of heritages. One of the genres featured is batuku, a women’s dance, which …
Constant Spring Productions · 1980 English
In Chopi culture, an ndando is a song that can be used for many purposes, both formal and informal. But regardless of their use, these songs mainly serve as oral …
Constant Spring Productions · 1980 English
Dr. Andrew Tracey, African music specialist, and Venancio Mbande, composer and Chopi master musician, explain and demonstrate the intricacies of timbila xylophone music, using animation and other cinematic techniques. The …
Constant Spring Productions · 1979 English
Muchatera Mujuru was the leader of one of the last remaining traditional cult centres in Shona country. It shows him as a spiritual man, concerned with his waning authority in …
Constant Spring Productions · 1978 English
A vignette of the music and activities at a healing party held at Mukota, North East Zimbabwe at the home of a sick woman. A trio of matepe dza mhondoro …
Constant Spring Productions · 1978 English
The life of Shona mbira player Gwanzura Gwenzi coexists in both the traditional and modern worlds: he works in the city for a large western corporation; at his rural homestead, …
Constant Spring Productions · 1977 English
The njari is a less common type of mbira, one with more keys, and the Karanga are an ethnic group related to the Shona. This film is an impressionistic portrait …
Constant Spring Productions · 1976 English
Mbira dza Vadzimu literally translates as “the voice of the ancestor spirits.” The film uses close-ups, animation, and other cinematic techniques to demonstrate Mbira tonal scale, song structure, harmony, chord …