Viewing the Supernatural

Series: In PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT TO BE DIFFERENT

Duration: 30

Genre: Dance | Educational

Year Published: 1958

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Uses dance routines and originally scored music to portray cultural differences in solving problems through religion. Emphasizes religious motivation, leadership, rituals, and supernatural controls. Stresses the differences in the meaning of religion. Compares experiences of the southern Negro, the Voodoo cult of the Haitian Negro peasant, and the polytheism of the Muria of India.

Complete Record: Uses dance routines and originally scored music to portray cultural differences in solving problems through religion. Emphasizes religious motivation, leadership, rituals, and supernatural controls. Stresses the differences in the meaning of religion. Compares experiences of the southern Negro, the Voodoo cult of the Haitian Negro peasant, and the polytheism of the Muria of India., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)