Gullah Tales
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| Original title | Gullah Tales |
| Country of production |
USA Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Moss |
| script | Gary Moss |
| production |
George DeGolian Gary Moss |
| music |
Dutch Knotts Tomas Valenti |
| camera | Kurt Henry |
| cut | George DeGolian |
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Gullah Tales is an American-Canadian short film of director Gary Moss from the year 1988th
action
A slave plantation in South Carolina in 1830: Mama Nancy, an old slave, tells stories to the children of the plantation. After a story about Buh (= brother) Rabbit and Buh Whale, in which the hare tricked the whale with the help of an elephant, the governess picks up two white children of the plantation owners who had mingled with the audience. She admonishes Mama Nancy not to put any nonsense in the children's heads. Mama Nancy tells a second story:
Slave John is known as the strongest fighter of his master, Mr. Hayes. So he should help Hayes get a plantation that he has wanted for a long time. The plantation owner has agreed to give his land to Hayes if his best slave can defeat his best slave. John agrees to fight the other plantation's best slave. Before doing this, he made a written promise that he would be released with his wife and two children. In addition, he does not want to work until the fight, otherwise he would hardly be strong. Hayes is stunned and outraged, but complies. On the day of the fight, it initially looks like John won't show up, as his opponent has proven to be nearly invincible. John, however, uses Hayes' closet and dresses elegantly in a suit and hat. Then he rides a white horse to the battlefield. His appearance caused a sensation with everyone present, but especially with the other slaves. John then pierces a tree trunk with his fist that he had previously prepared accordingly, kicks his Mr. Hayes and kisses his indignant wife. Then he makes it clear that he now wants to devote himself to the slave, who is horrified to find the way. Hayes has won his second plantation and laughs at John's ingenuity while still lying on the ground from his slave's kick. John, in turn, is now a free man and embraces his family.
Mama Nancy ends her story and sends the children of the plantation to bed.
production
Gullah Tales is based on old Gullah fairy tales. Director Gary Moss began working on the film in 1985 and brought Charles W. Joyner on as an advisor to the film staff. Joyner had recently written the book Down by the Riverside , the chapter on folk tales of the Gullah Congregation of which Moss was particularly interested.
The film was made in 1986 for the Department of Educational Media at Georgia State University . Filming took place at Middleton Place Plantation in Charleston , South Carolina , Hofwyl Broadfield Plantation in Brunswyck , Georgia, Bulloch Hall, Roswell, and Sea Island , Georgia. Laura Paris created the costumes, Paul Brown created the film . The Georgia Sea Island Singers can be heard with different songs in the film. In addition to the long version of the film, there is also a 22-minute short version with only one narrated story.
Awards
Gullah Tales was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1989.
Web links
- Gullah Tales in the Internet Movie Database (English)