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Yaaba Soore: The Path of the Ancestors           WA-241
17 min / color / 1986 / UI / VHS
Middle school through adult
Filmmaker Christopher Roy, in conjunction with the School of Art and Art History of the University of Iowa, produced this fascinating program dealing with the role of masks in African dance and ceremony. Set in the small western Africa country of Burkina Faso, the video captures the elaborate pageantry of several different ceremonies, from dances for the dead to the ritual blessing of a tribal village. In all of the ceremonies, the people seek the help of the spirits of nature, and it is through masks that the spirits are made visible. Movement, music, song, costume, and mask interconnect to express the unique character of various supernatural beings. Especially suited to classes in African culture and dance and to mask-making activities.

Yankee Painter: The Work of Winslow Homer           WA-42
20 min / color / 1960 / IFB / 16mm
High school through adult
This film relates the life of 19th-century American artist Winslow Homer, as conveyed through his paintings and prints. It briefly shows the span and development of the work of a man who stands out in the history of American art as one of its greatest draftsmen and painters.

Yeelen (Brightness) NEW!
105 min / 1987 / VHS
High school through adult
A feature movie made in Mali by Souleymane Cisse who adapts to film one of the great oral epics of the Bambara people. Set during the powerful Mali Empire of the 13th century, Yeelen is an African equivalent of the Oedipus myth, the Parsifal legend, or the Mahabharata. The story is of Nianankoro, a young warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult. The film follows him on a quest across arid Bambara, Fulani, Dogon lands, and a cross-section of West African cultures.

Yoruba Performance           PE-40
30 min / color / 1990 / HD / VHS
Middle school through adult
This lively video captures the essence of the Yoruba people of West Africa through their ceremonies and dances. Nine sequences of rituals are recorded to show the diversity of the performance styles and the different objectives each. Initiation ceremonies, dances honoring departed ancestors, divination rituals, and masquerades to honor members of the community are explained in detail.

Yoruba Ritual           PE-49
30 min / color / 1992 / IU / VHS
Middle school through adult
In this companion video to the book Yoruba Ritual: Performers, Play, Agency, Margaret Thompson Drewal documents many of the rituals, ceremonies, and dances of the Yoruba people of West Africa. Divided into sequences, each shows an aspect of the Yoruba culture: divination and initiation ceremonies for children, processions and parades, the Jibo and Egungun dances, and the Agemo Festival. This nonnarrated video is recommended to show with the video Yoruba Performance.

You Too Can Make a Map           AT-45
16 min / color / 1984 / CF / VHS
Upper elementary school through adult
This video shows the necessity of maps for many persons ranging from cross-country skiers, airplane pilots, utility company workers, and meteorologists to the general reading public. It encourages students to try making maps of various kinds in order to learn first-hand about interpreting legends and graphic symbols on flat surface representations. The maps shown begin with simple outlines and progress to three-dimensional types. Recommended for social studies, geography, and art classes.

Your Face           ED-340
4 min / color / 1987 / Media / VHS
Preschool through adult
This delightfully animated film by Bill Plympton is a study in facial expressions. Exaggerations, distortions, and manipulations of the face combine to create a humorous montage of heads, while the man continues to serenade the viewers with a robust love song, completely oblivious to the changes being made to his body. Recommended for film studies and creative writing classes.

The Young at Heart           ED-321
28 min / color / 1987 / NDV / VHS
Middle school through adult
Art has many functions. It can inspire, amaze, mystify, horrify; it can elicit as many emotions as human beings are capable of feeling. For octogenarians Louis Gothelf and Riva Shwayder, art is a life-sustaining force; it is what keeps them young and it was what brought them together in friendship, and eventually in love. Each of them had lost a spouse to illness; each was a prolific painter; they met on a plane trip to England, and have been together ever since. This touching documentary portrait is filled with humor and the wry wisdom that only comes with age! Especially appropriate for use in retirement communities, but recommended for all audiences capable of appreciating the unflagging strength of the human spirit.

Youth and World Cultures
25 min each / color / 1982 / CORF / 16mm, VHS
Middle school through adult
Each film in this exciting series focuses on a young person learning an art or craft of his or her native country. We not only gain insight into different art forms, but also learn a great deal about the cultures they came from. These films are excellent interdisciplinary tools for classroom teachers and are especially recommended for classes in art and social studies.

1. Amy the Photographer           YWC-1
Amy, an American teenager, has discovered a new way of seeing and showing different patterns in everyday objects through photography. She takes the pictures, processes the film, and prepares the finished prints for an important art festival. This is an excellent film for discussions about observation skills and different points of view.

2. Francesco the Potter           YWC-2
Francesco, a Greek boy, is making a pair of terra-cotta candlesticks to present at a local church festival. Guided by his uncle, he carefully selects and prepares his clay, forms it, and fires it in a kiln. The firing is successful, and a proud Francesco places his simple gift before the altar of the tiny church.

3. Hasan the Carpetweaver           YWC-3
Hasan, a boy who lives in northern India, is about to sell the first carpet he made by himself. Taught by his grandfather, he experienced first the hours of intricate knot-tying and then the joy of designing his own creation. His family proudly watched him work, and now, after 4 months of hard labor, his first carpet is ready to be sold at market.

4. Jafar’s Blue Tiles           YWC-4
Jafar, an Iranian youth, takes pride in the ancient blue-domed tomb that is being restored in his rural village. Jafar learns to make clay tiles and mix their special blue glaze, then keeps a night-long vigil at the kiln to watch his tiles bake. With pride, Jafar lays his own tiles. They are his contribution to the restoration of the tomb, the symbol of his village’s respect for its venerable heritage and its traditional way of life.

5. Joshua’s Soapstone Carving           YWC-5
Joshua Qumaluk, an Eskimo boy, helps his Uncle Levi hunt, fish, and trap. This is a part of his way of life that he loves the most. In the film, we see Joshua learning to carve soapstone sculptures. His first piece, an image of a hunter and a seal, is successful enough to be sold at the local co-op.

6. Serama’s Mask           YWC-6
Serama’s father is a Balinese dancer who is about to retire. Serama will join in his father’s last dance, but first he must carve his own ceremonial mask. We watch as he prepares the mask and practices the new dance in which he will wear it. The dance is very difficult, but finally Serama finds its “spirit” within himself, and father and son dance together, continuing the unique Balinese tradition for yet another generation. This is an excellent film for viewing before mask-making activities.

7. Tanya the Puppeteer           YWC-7
Tanya Nicolev, a 12-year-old Russian girl, loves the magical world of puppetry. She learns the craft from a master puppeteer and creates her own little puppet, a penguin called Pasha. She writes a role for it in a short play and gives a dress rehearsal for her demanding teacher, in the end winning his approval.

8. Valerie’s Stained-Glass Window           YWC-8
Sixteen-year-old Valerie Foucault lives in Chartres, France, a city famous for its Gothic cathedral. Inspired by the exquisite stained-glass windows of the cathedral, Valerie designs and assembles a window of her own. The film explores the many artistic decisions that must be made in the creation of a window, as it demonstrates the actual technique.

9. Yang-Xun the Peasant Painter           YWC-9
Since he was six, 16-year-old Yang-Xun has attended summer art classes to learn peasant painting. His aunt, a famous Chinese painter, gives Yang-Xun advice: Concentrate on how people feel, and feel what you paint. On a sketching field trip, he finally comes to understand her advice.

10. Yoshiko the Papermaker           YWC-10
Yoshiko Fujimoto is a 13-year-old who is learning to make paper by hand. The Japanese art of papermaking is a time-consuming art that has been practiced in her village for hundreds of years. Yoshiko becomes apprenticed to a master papermaker, who takes her step-by-step through the intricate process. The film presents not only a thorough view of the technique of papermaking but also a sensitive treatment of Japanese culture. Red Ribbon, American Film Festival.

11. Anessi’s Barkcloth Art           YWC-11
Melodious songs and rhythmic pounding signal the making of barkcloth by women on the beautiful South Pacific islands of the Kingdom of Tonga. Anessi Ahoafi, 12, helps her family make a barkcloth wedding present for her cousin from the bark of the paper mulberry trees. Anessi then decides to make her own cloth gift. She decorates it with a design based on the royal crest, and it is given to the bride and groom at the wedding ceremony.

12. Gopal’s Golden Pendant           YWC-12
In this intimate portrait of the Dyal family and its Hindu culture in Jaipur, India, 10-year-old Gopal is following the family tradition of minakari, the art of enameling gold and silver. This fine craft has been in the Dyal family for 6 generations. Gopal has been doing it since he was 6 and can make peacocks, elephants, and flowers.

13. Lee’s Parasol           YWC-13
Lee Nakhampa, 15, is making a beautiful parasol as a “gift of love” for her cousin, a Buddhist monk. Carefully designing and painting it, she leaves it to dry but returns to discover her employer has reluctantly given it to an important customer. Lee is upset, but recovers quickly to paint another parasol.

14. Lena the Glassblower           YWC-14
Mastering the art of making exquisite crystal glassware is Lena’s ambition. A 17-year-old glassblower’s apprentice, she is learning her craft at the famed glassworks in Orrefors, Sweden.

15. Yohannes the Silversmith           YWC-15
Twelve-year-old Yohannes Menesha of Ethiopia is apprenticed to Mr. Kassa, a master metalsmith. With silver from his mother’s amulets, the boy casts his first creation, a beautiful Coptic cross, and sells it to the head priest of the monastery.

Yum, Yum, Yum!            ED-525 NEW!
31 min / 1990 / VHS
Legendary documentary maker, Les Blank, presents a glorious celebration of Cajun and Creole cooking and eating in Louisiana. It is a paean to those cultures and their culinary arts that still thrive on the Gulf Coast and in the backwoods bayous. Their message, "Look and listen, and you will find out", is enhanced by an authentic Zydeco and Cajun music soundtrack.

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