> Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 09:33:27 -0400
>
> xposted from H-AFRARTS@H-NET.MSU.EDU
> Date: Fri, 1 May 1998
> From: LemsDworkn <LemsDworkn@aol.com>
> Carol Lems-Dworkin
>
> Today an email was dispatched to the list claiming that BEAUTY AND THE
> BEAST: TWO IGBO MASQUERADES is "distributed" by the Marjorie Iglow
> Mitchell Media Center at Northwestern University's Library.
> Would it were true!
>
> In fact, NO videos are distributed by this Center. NU has a fine
> collection,
> but even in order to view videos at the Library itself, some sort of
> valid
> NU identification is required. I am also quite certain that the
> Center's
> videos never circulate on interlibrary loan.
>
> To my knowledge, the only true "distributor" for this video in the US
> remains: African Encounters at the University of Washington.
>
> ----------------------
AND also xposted from H-AFRARTS@H-NET.MSU.EDU
> Subject: Another source for the Beauty And The Beast video: REPLY
>
> Date: Sat, 2 May 1998
> From: John M Peffer <jmp12@columbia.edu>
>
> Columbia just acquired a copy of Beauty and the Beast from Seattle. Its
> not the original form, but we've found it useful for our African
> Civilizations class here. Instead of several minutes of narrated
> masquerade footage, this version is all music and performance, with a
> minor audio glitch halfway through. At the end a straight forward review
> of what has been seen is narrated by Dr. Cole in terms of the not-exact
> beast /beauty opposition. I recommend this version very highly-- but be
> prepared to explain alot about Igbo and Masquerades, especially Ekeleke
> and Okoroshi, to your students who watch it.
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