The great flood
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, 2013.
Format
DVD
Status
Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc
DVD 363.3493 GREAT_F
1 available
DVD 363.3493 GREAT_F
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Port Angeles - Digital Video Disc | DVD 363.3493 GREAT_F | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
Blues (Music)
Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.
Historical films.
Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.
Nonfiction films.
Southern States -- Population -- History -- 20th century.
Blues (Music)
Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.
Historical films.
Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.
Nonfiction films.
Southern States -- Population -- History -- 20th century.
Other Subjects
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Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, 2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
854565001664
Notes
General Note
DVD insert includes the essay "High water marks" by Philip Horne.
General Note
Special feature: trailers.
Participants/Performers
Musicians: Bill Frisell (guitar), Ron Miles (trumpet), Tony Scherr (bass, guitar), Kenny Wollesen (drums, vibes).
Description
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its earthen embankments in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles. Part of its legacy was the forced exodus of displaced sharecroppers, who left plantation life and migrated to Northern cities, adapting to an industrial society with its own set of challenges. Musically, the Great Migration fueled the evolution of acoustic blues to electric blues bands that thrived in cities like Memphis, Detroit and Chicago becoming the wellspring for R&B and rock as well as developing jazz styles. THE GREAT FLOOD is a collaboration between filmmaker and multimedia artist Bill Morrison and guitarist and composer Bill Frisell inspired by the 1927 catastrophe.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; stereo.