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The Californians

Five centuries of California history are recounted through stock footage, photographs, paintings, and historical reconstruction. pre-Columbian Native American society, the arrival of the Spanish, and the Gold Rush, are contrasted with contemporary culture. The Ramona pageant in Hemet, California, and a community reenactment at Sacramento's Fort Sutter are also presented along with interviews, performances, and commentary by comedian Paul Rodriguez, performer Kedric Robin Wolf, and Native American activist John Trudell.--American Film Institute web site.

Credits

The Brotherhood of the Tomal ; Dr. Travis Hudson, anthropologist ; Fr. Francis Guest, historian ; Jered Martin, narrator; Tribal Voice (Musical group) (performer); Brotherhood of the Tomal (performer); Von Wetter, Alex, film director, film producer, director of photography (screenwriter); Jenny, Anne Christine, film producer (sound designer); Philip Fiegler (film producer); John Trudell (on-screen participant); Paul Rodriguez (on-screen participant); Kedric Robin Wolf (on-screen participant); Travis Hudson (contributor); Francis F. Guest (contributor); Jered Martin (narrator); Don Briggs (director of photography); Leslie Herbert (director of photography)

Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Subtitle on container: Story of California
Original source: This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. | Originally produced in 1984. | "The late Alexander Von Wetter originally made this film for license to German Television in the 1980s. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone VHS copy had been made, which spent the next 30 years on the studio shelf. When we discovered the actual VHS it was heavily damaged, but our restoration team in New York managed to salvage a fair grade of quality, which has since been recently remastered."--Planet Group's Californian web site. | Features the poetry of John Trudell, the comedy of Paul Rodriguez, the music of Tribal Voice and the art collection of the California Historical Society. | Camera, Alexander Von Wetter, Don Briggs and Leslie Herbert ; sound, Anne Christine Jenny.
Release: [New York] : Planet Group Entertainment, [2017]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | 4 3/4 in. burning | polychrome | NTSC | video file region 1 | DVD video
Subjects: Indians of North America -- California -- History | Indians of North America | California -- History | California | Documentaries and Factual Films
Country: United States

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Sources

  1. UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q7720992 ↗ — country

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