Created by
Bethune, Lebert "Sandy", Jamaican American
Subject of
James, Cyril Lionel Robert, Trinidadian, 1901 - 1989
Du Bois, Shirley Graham, American, 1896 - 1977
Abrahams, Peter, South African and Jamaican, 1919 - 2017
Garvey, Amy Jacques, Jamaican, 1895 - 1973
Date
1970-1971
Medium
acetate film
Dimensions
Physical extent (film) (total): ~12985 ft
Description
Unfinished ‘Pan Africa’ film project created by Lebert “Sandy” Bethune. Consists of 29 16mm film rolls/elements with sound and color, in 8 cans: 16mm color reversal film, 16mm full coat mag, ¼” open reel audio tape, and paper transcriptions.
In 1970, filmmaker and scholar Lebert “Sandy” Bethune started what would become his final film. Though he never completed the film, Bethune conducted 4 interviews with thought leaders in the Pan-Africa movement: CLR James and Shirley Graham Du Bouis, both interviewed by Bethune at Columbia University, and Peter Abrahams and Amy Jacques Garvey, both interviewed by Bethune in Jamaica. Combined the interviews are approximately 150 minutes in length. The footage is entirely unedited, camera original 16mm color reversal film.
Place filmed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Movement
Pan Africanism
Black Nationalism
Type
audiotapes
sound films
color films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Topic
African diaspora
Decolonization
Film
Independent films
International affairs
Race relations
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lebert "Sandy" Bethune
Object number
2018.37.2.1a-z
Restrictions & Rights
© Lebert Bethune
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd551538ec1-d15a-4a69-b1d9-fba7a8b0804b

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