Name
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 (Film director,Former owner)
Title
Cellar Vigil
Other Titles
Color Cellar Vigil Test #1; Experimental Death Unit #2; Stirling St. and Howard St.; Title on reel label: Music Business Exposed
Collection Name
Amiri Baraka Papers
Archival Context
Series VIII: Audio/Visual. Film. Box no. 84 ; 87 ; 88
Format
video recordings
Genre
Experimental films
Origin Information
United States?
Date
approximately 1966-11-12
Physical Description
6 video files (Reel 1: 6 minutes ; Reel 2: 5 minutes ; Reel 3: 6 minutes ; The Music Business Exposed : 3 minutes ; Stirling St. and Howard St. : 6 minutes ; Unlabeled reel : 3 minutes) : black and white and color, silent
Note
Original format: film, 16mm
One reel labeled 'The Music Business Exposed'
Reels 1-3 from tape: Color Cellar Vigil Test #1
Sequence of recordings is not known. Recordings are presented in no particular order
Recording contains imagery of lynching that viewers may find disturbing
Note (Physical details)
Two 7-inch film reels, two 5-inch film reels, and two 3-inch film reels
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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Also In
Amiri Baraka Papers and Audio-Visual Collection
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-mzhf-s307