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In addition to Arthur Hall films available online, please see:

ILE IFE: House of Love



By Raymond C. Hartung
(1973, color and black and white, 25:19)
Digitally remastered by the Arthur Hall Collection, 2011
Excerpt available via YouTube

Arthur Hall does it all - dances, teaches, rehearses the Afro American Dance Ensemble, and discusses his philosophy and the creative process. The original 16mm film is an excellent portrait of the first blooming of the Ile Ife Center and the Ile Ife Museum. It includes interviews with James Crawford, Karen Steptoe (Warrington), Evangeline Brown, Barbara Kinney, Ron Payton, and others, along with performances by Farel Johnson, C. Edward White, Carol Butcher, Rita Cottman-Johnson, James Corry, Norman Mills, Betty and Luther Aldridge, and many more. The film's climax is a performance of Obatala in the woods of Pennsylvania and on the streets of North Philadelphia.

Please see Orisun Omi for a full description of the film, credits, awards, and reviews.

Snake Dance Teacher Dance



By Bruce Williams, Abbott Meader, and Huey
(1978, color and black and white, 17:54)

Please see Snake Dance Teacher Dance for a full description of the film, credits, awards, and reviews.

A promotional tape for the Afro American Dance Ensemble, this piece includes excerpts from Arthur's Snake Dance, the Hurobo Water Spirit Festival, the Marvin Gaye Suite, including solo dances by Luther Aldridge and James Marshall, and a late version of Temptation, Arthur's classic pas de deux with Ione Nash.