Anansi the spider

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Texture Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 1Jun69 · LP43675 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Gerald McDermott Films, Inc

Description: This animated film recounts the adventures of the cunning spider Anansi, the trickster-hero of the Ashanti people of Ghana. In this tale, Anansi falls into a river, is swallowed by a fish and carried off by a falcon. Each time he is rescued by his six sons. Anansi is unable to decide which son to reward with a white globe. Nyame, the one God, decides to place the sphere in the sky for all to share. This is how we come to have the moon. , Animated film which graphically relates the adventures of the cunning spider, Anansi, trickster-hero of the Ashanti people of Ghana, West Africa. Based on the book by Gerald McDermott. Music based on African tunes and rhythms.

Complete Record: This animated film recounts the adventures of the cunning spider Anansi, the trickster-hero of the Ashanti people of Ghana. In this tale, Anansi falls into a river, is swallowed by a fish and carried off by a falcon. Each time he is rescued by his six sons. Anansi is unable to decide which son to reward with a white globe. Nyame, the one God, decides to place the sphere in the sky for all to share. This is how we come to have the moon. , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.