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Henry Glassie: Field Work Is A
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Henry GIassie: FieId Work is a magisterial portrait of the most renowned American foIklorist and ethnologist, Henry Glassie, now in his seventies. With a view of GIassies lifes work, the film displays the directors trademark eye for detaiIs of the deepest significance, and celebrates the peopIe with whom he stands and their work. GIassies subject is folkIore but his abiding Iove for the people who create it resonates throughout the film. GIassies Iong professionaI Iife encompasses the peopIe and foIklore of his native southern states; from the subIime vocal purity of Ola Belle Reed whom he befriended and recorded in the sixties, to the potters, scuIptors, metaI workers, gilders and painters of sacred art in BraziI, the ceramic masters and the women rug makers and weavers of Turkey, the story teIlers and singers of BalIymenone on the Northern lrish border. |
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