The Resource Black wax, a Robert Mugge film
Black wax, a Robert Mugge film
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The item Black wax, a Robert Mugge film represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cumberland Council Library Service.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Black wax, a Robert Mugge film represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cumberland Council Library Service.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "BLACK WAX is a musical-political entertainment film produced and directed by Robert Mugge in 1982. It was the first American film to be fully funded by Britain's then-brand-new Channel 4 Television and also likely the first film to use Steadicam from first frame to last. BLACK WAX centers on the late African American poet-singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron - the man Melody Maker called "the most dangerous musician alive" and many dubbed the forefather of rap music - and his 10-piece Midnight Band. It was filmed entirely on location in Washington, D.C., primarily at the Wax Museum Nightclub (now defunct). Songs performed by the band include such potent political numbers as "Winter in America," "Alien," "Johannesburg," "Storm Music," "Waiting for the Axe to Fall," "Gun," and "'B' Movie" (a scathing analysis of how and why Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States). Between songs, Mr. Scott-Heron is shown reciting his equally powerful poems ("Paint it Black," "Black History," "Billy Green is Dead," The H2O-Gate Blues," and "Whitey on the Moon"), leading the camera on a unique tour of Washington, D.C. (from the monuments of official Washington through the minority neighborhoods that make up most of the rest), and finally confronting the "ghosts of America's past" (life-sized wax figures of John Wayne, Uncle Sam, Neil Armstrong, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, four U.S. Presidents, and black leaders from W.E.B. Du Bois to Martin Luther King). This is Mr. Scott-Heron at the absolute peak of his powers. The politics is always entertaining, and the entertainment is nothing if not political." -- Weinerworld.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (89 minutes)
- Note
-
- Catalogued from container
- MVD Visual : MVD7495D
- Label
- Black wax
- Title
- Black wax
- Statement of responsibility
- a Robert Mugge film
- Title variation
- Gil Scott-Heron in black wax
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "BLACK WAX is a musical-political entertainment film produced and directed by Robert Mugge in 1982. It was the first American film to be fully funded by Britain's then-brand-new Channel 4 Television and also likely the first film to use Steadicam from first frame to last. BLACK WAX centers on the late African American poet-singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron - the man Melody Maker called "the most dangerous musician alive" and many dubbed the forefather of rap music - and his 10-piece Midnight Band. It was filmed entirely on location in Washington, D.C., primarily at the Wax Museum Nightclub (now defunct). Songs performed by the band include such potent political numbers as "Winter in America," "Alien," "Johannesburg," "Storm Music," "Waiting for the Axe to Fall," "Gun," and "'B' Movie" (a scathing analysis of how and why Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States). Between songs, Mr. Scott-Heron is shown reciting his equally powerful poems ("Paint it Black," "Black History," "Billy Green is Dead," The H2O-Gate Blues," and "Whitey on the Moon"), leading the camera on a unique tour of Washington, D.C. (from the monuments of official Washington through the minority neighborhoods that make up most of the rest), and finally confronting the "ghosts of America's past" (life-sized wax figures of John Wayne, Uncle Sam, Neil Armstrong, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, four U.S. Presidents, and black leaders from W.E.B. Du Bois to Martin Luther King). This is Mr. Scott-Heron at the absolute peak of his powers. The politics is always entertaining, and the entertainment is nothing if not political." -- Weinerworld.com
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Directed by Robert Mugge
- Dewey number
- 782.421645
- Intended audience
- Not rated
- Language note
- English
- PerformerNote
- Gil Scott-Heron
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
-
- 1949-2011
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Scott-Heron, Gil
- Mugge, Robert
- Runtime
- 89
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Scott-Heron, Gil
- Monologues with music
- Rap (Music)
- Jazz poetry
- African American musicians
- Poets, American
- Nonfiction films
- Concert films
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Black wax, a Robert Mugge film
- Note
-
- Catalogued from container
- MVD Visual : MVD7495D
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057065388
- Dimensions
- 12 cm.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (89 minutes)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 760137749592
- Other physical details
- (DVD video) sound, colour
- Publisher number
- MVD7495D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) l000057065388
- (OCoLC)932346277
- System details
- DVD video, NTSC, Region 0
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Black wax, a Robert Mugge film
- Note
-
- Catalogued from container
- MVD Visual : MVD7495D
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057065388
- Dimensions
- 12 cm.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (89 minutes)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 760137749592
- Other physical details
- (DVD video) sound, colour
- Publisher number
- MVD7495D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) l000057065388
- (OCoLC)932346277
- System details
- DVD video, NTSC, Region 0
- Video recording format
- DVD
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