1975, Matepe Dza Mhondoro-A Healing Party, Mbira music, Saini Murira, Thomas Dzamwarira, Hugh Tracey

From the Villon Films Archive collections. Extract. Full duration: 00:21:42. To order the full film or clips in high/lo-res or to find out more visit: https://villonfilms.ca/ Subscribe for more high quality, rare and inspiring documentary material from our large archive of footage. We offer films and photography licensing for Film&TV, museums, galleries, education, and heritage organisations. About The Film Music documentary about the Mbira and its players in the Zimbabwe and Mozambique region. Producer: Gei Zantzinger (University of Pennsylvania Museum) Director: Andrew Tracey (International Library Of African Music) Camera: Les Blank Sound: Gei Zantzinger Editor: Conley Benfield Field Engineer: Bud Huggler Narrator: Rosemary Logie A vignette of the music and activities at a healing party held at Mukota, North East Zimbabwe at the home of a sick woman. A trio of matepe dza mhondoro plays under the leadership of Saini Murira, together with rattles, drum, singers and dancing by two mediums, who interrupt the music to enact the treatment of the patient. With Saini Murira and Thomas Dzamwarira. About Villon Villon Films has been independently producing and distributing award-winning films since 1970. With a strong focus on socio-political documentary, the collection spans such issues as government, history, ecology, culture, health and science, biography, and the apartheid period of South African history, among others. WEBSITE: http://www.villonfilms.ca/ About: villon, film, documentary, video, stock footage, independent, socio-political, docs, government, history, ecology, culture, education, health, science, biography, history, heritage