Functional Art Moveable Art (1995) from Ile Ife Films

(Ile Ife Films / Arthur Hall Collection, 2012, 3:00 minutes)

Arthur Hall performs a Dan Mask from Liberia.
Nana is a Bush Spirit who rids public spaces of evil.

Premiered November 29, 2012
Lincoln-Barnes Convocation
International Cultural Center
Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Music from the Arthur Hall Collection

Recorded at the ILE IFE PHILADELPHIA MAINE concert
Lewiston, Maine, August 30, 1995

Adam Smith, Music Director
James Corry
Jeffrey Densmore

Images from the Arthur Hall Collection

Excerpts from the consecration of the Railroad Square Cinema
Waterville, Maine
September 1995

Abbott Meader, 16mm camera
Bruce Williams, 16mm camera
Alan and Serena Sanborn, S-VHS cameras

Excerpts from the ILE IFE PHILADELPHIA MAINE concerts
Madison, Lewiston, Bath, and Rockport, Maine
August and September 1995

Abbott Meader, 16mm camera

Excerpts from 1974 Tour of West Africa
by the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble

Elizabeth Roberts, Super-8 camera

Flashes of Rancid Acid by Bruce Williams (16mm, 1969)
and other art in and around
the Maine International Film Festival
at the Rairoad Square Cinema
July 2011

Bruce Williams, digital camera

Posted online December 6, 2012

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