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["Dance with Africa" live performance video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Dance with Africa" featuring the dance company of Djely Moussa Diabate. The live performance was held on Friday, March 2nd, 2001. The footage shows the company's dancers ranging in age from children to adults and a company of drummers all performing traditional West African folk music and movement.
Date: March 2, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Djely Kunda West African Dance and Drumming Company
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Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Symphony With The Divas" tape #1]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1998 "Symphony With The Divas" concert and benefit gala saluting noted African Americans in the medical profession. The footage shows the Washington Symphony along two choirs and soloists performing at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. The program includes classical, opera, jazz, and gospel music.
Date: October 21, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 56 seconds
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Location: 38.896478 -77.029160
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Artist Arthello Becks' remembrance service and gallery exhibition]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during Dallas artist Arthello Beck's remembrance event held on December 3rd, 2004. The footage covers the exhibition held in the James E. Kemp Gallery and service beginning at the 7:40 mark for personal reflections given by colleagues and friends. The video shows individuals standing and speaking on personal anecdotes about the artist and his life.
Date: December 3, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 38 seconds
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Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Decent Drummers" rehearsal behind the scenes]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during rehearsals for a performance group featuring traditional African dancers and drummers on March 17th, 2007. The footage shows performers on stage in a small theatre wearing traditional colorfully patterned clothes.
Date: March 17, 2007
Duration: 44 minutes 13 seconds
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria outdoor performance 1997]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in Umunze Africa of the Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria, in October of 1997. The footage shows acrobatic dancers performing in an outdoor plaza surrounded by a wall. The dancers wear traditionally clothing and perform dances, tricks, and musical instruments in various groups.
Date: October 23, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria
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Location: 5.962155 7.238318
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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