The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes.

The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes.

Buckdancer features Ed Young from Panola County, Mississippi buck dancing and playing the cane fife. Pizza pizza daddy-o shows African American girls playing singing games in a Los Angeles school playground. Georgia Sea Island Singers features the musical group performing spirituals from Saint Simon...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Sea Island Singers, Media Generation (Firm)
Other Authors: Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009, Young, Ed (Musician), Collins, Earl
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [West Hills, Calif.] : Media Generation, [2003]
Subjects:
African Americans > Music.
Tap dancing > Mississippi.
Fife music > Mississippi.
Playgrounds > California > Los Angeles.
African American children's games > California > Los Angeles.
Singing games > California > Los Angeles.
Spirituals (Songs) > Georgia > Saint Simons Island.
Fiddle tunes.
Fiddlers.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Table of Contents:
  • Buckdancer (1965, 12 min.)
  • Pizza pizza daddy-o (1967, 18 min.)
  • Georgia Sea Island Singers (1964, 12 min.)
  • Say, old man, can you play the fiddle? (1970, 17 min.).