| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Elaine Featherstone, Mike Slye, Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1971. |
| Summary |
In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted drama about the adventures of a well-educated Nigerian immigrant in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of John Cassavetes' Shadows (1959), Bushman observes the foibles of late-1960s African-American culture with an outsider's incisiveeye. The film morphs into a documentary when the director's voice abruptly intrudes to narrate its star's fate: Okpokam was accused of a crime he did not commit and found himself at the mercy of the US justice system. Bushman has been restored by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support provided by Peter Conheim, Cinema Preservation Alliance. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Enthnology.
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Social sciences.
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Motion pictures.
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Arts.
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Sociology.
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Documentary films.
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Ethnicity.
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Artists.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Schickele, David, film director.
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Featherstone, Elaine, actor.
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Slye, Mike, actor.
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Eyam, Paul, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
15251252 Kanopy |
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