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Journey of a Badiu the story of a Cape Verdean-American musician, Norberto Tavares
Title
Journey of a Badiu [videorecording] : the story of a Cape Verdean-American musician, Norberto Tavares / written and directed by Susan Hurley-Glowa.
Published
Fairbanks, AK : Smhurleyglowa@alaska.edu : Distributed by Villon Films, 2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (52 min.) : digital, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Subtitle from container.
Videographer, Dirk Eitzen.
Summary
Cape Verdean-American musician Norberto Tavares is an influential band leader, social activist, and humanitarian. for thirty years Norberto Tavares has acted as the social conscience of this West African Island nation as it made the transition from a Portuguese colony to a free democratic republic. Tavares brought the distinctively African sounds of rural Santiago to the national identity and has addressed some of Cape Verde's problems through his songs. Focusing on his life and music, this documentary presents the parallel journeys of Tavares and the Independent Republic of Cape Verde.
Variant and related titles
Norberto Tavares
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 09, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Dirk Eitzen.
Performers
Featuring, Norberto Tavares ; narrator, Randall Thomas.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Nonfiction films.
Filmed performances.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Biographies.
Documentary films.
Music.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
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