People Are Taught to be Different: Concepts of human death
- Date
1958
- Main Contributor
KUHT-TV (Television station)
- Summary
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This television program discusses the social and cultural responses that people have created to process death and bereavement. The film discusses concepts of death and rituals in three different cultures: the Americans of the continental United States, the Bantu of Africa, and the Kiriwina of the Trobriand Islands. Dancers from Texas Southern University illustrate the three different cultures in modern interpretive dance. Credits: Bullock, Henry Allen (narrator), Schlessinger, Paul G. (director), Bergene, Arnold (editor), Meaney, John William (producer), Collins, George (art director).
- Contributors
National Educational Television and Radio Center; Meaney, John William; Bullock, Henry Allen; Schlessinger, Paul G.
- Genre
television programs
- Subjects
Sociology; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Dancers; Public television; KUHT-TV (Television station)
- Location
Houston, Texas
- Collection
KUHT Film and Video
- Unit
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Physical Description
00:29:31
- Notes
This film was digitized and made available by a generous grant from the Texas State Library and Archives TexTreasure Grant.
This video was originally distributed by National Educational Television (NET).
Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
KUHT Film and Video
Series Title
People Are Taught to be Different
- Other Identifiers
Other: ID 1997-006, AV Shelving; Preservation Location: ark:/84475/pm2832r5701
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Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.