Umoja - Tiger And The Big Wind

Series: Nguzo Saba-Folklore for Children Series

Duration: 8

Year Published: 1979

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Relates how, during a long summer drought, the only available food and water was guarded by a large tiger who refused to share with other jungle creatures. Solves problem by showing how Brer Rabbit devised a plan to outwit the tiger so that all small creatures working together need never be hungry again.

Complete Record: Brer Rabbit devises a plan to outwit the tiger who refuses to allow the other animals to drink at the water hole. Encourages others to work together., The title of this Black folktale is an African word which means unity. The animals work together with a rabbit to trap a tiger who will not share his water and pear tree. In a chanting style, William Faulkner retells the story which he learned in childhood. Odetta sings at the beginning and the end of the film.

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Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, New York Public Library

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