[Dixielandjazz] Remastered expanded dvd of Lomax, Long and Bishop's "Land Where the Blues Began"

[David M Richoux]

Got this from the Black Banjo List - I assume it is a Region 1 code  
DVD, but not sure.
http://www.media-generation.com/DVD%20PAGES/Land/Land.html  has more  
info and a few video clips.
available soon  (Dec. 1st)
Should be of interest to all you musical historians!

Dave Richoux

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Color and sound track remastered,  outtake material included.

In 1978, Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop took portable video  
cameras deep into The Land Where the Blues Began. and collaborated  
with the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television to produce  
this program.

As Alan Lomax 's articulated our mission--

Today we give a platform to this vital folk culture and its creators.  
These people witnessed the birth of the blues. They lived them. This  
haunting music, laughing at life's ironies, and set to a dancing beat.  
This amazing mix of Europe and Africa is America's most distinctive  
song style. It's also the product of the folk culture of the  
Mississippi Delta.

We visit picnics and revivals. We meet the black pioneers who helped  
to carve Mississippi out of the wilderness with their work on farm,  
river, railroad and levee, creating a new music out of their  
loneliness and their deprivation. Music that, once heard, can never be  
forgotten.

The program features performances by Sam Chatmon, Jack Owens & Bud  
Spires, Eugene Powell (Sonny Boy Nelson), Belton Sutherland, Othar  
Turner, Napoleon Strickland, and Joe Savage.

Finished in 1979 and broadcast on PBS in 1980. the program won awards  
and played in numerous festivals. In 1990 was broadcast again on PBS,  
re-edited as part of the America Patchwork series. This DVD presents  
the original version with more than three hours of additional  
material, which has never been available before.

Contents (4.5 hours of video and two articles)-

The Land Where the Blues Began (59 min) with optional English subtitles
Video out takes of 2 hours of additional musical selections
The first edit of the levee camp interview (27 min)
Making The Land Where The Blues Began video (27 min)
Editing The Land Where The Blues Began video (5 min)
Alan Lomax introduction to the first broadcast (2 min)
Transcript of the program (PDF)
Making The Land Where The Blues Began article (PDF)