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Title Ishi, the last Yahi / a Rattlesnake Productions film presentation ; produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts ; written by Anne Makepeace.

Publication Info. Newton, N.J. : Shanachie Entertainment Corporation, [2002]
©2002

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Balcony  AV DVD 970.004 I79I    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 006000
Description digital video stereo rda
videodisc
NTSC rda
video file DVD video rda
Videorecording
Note Documentary.
System Details DVD; NTSC; 4:3 full screen; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Language In English.
Performer Narrator, Linda Hunt.
Credits Editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; director of photography, Stephen Lighthill ; original music, Mark Adler.
Note Based on original research by Jed Riffe and the book: Ishi, the last Yahi, a documentary history, edited by Robert F. Heizer and Theodora Kroeber.
Event Originally produced as a documentary for the PBS television series The American experience in 1992.
Note "This video is an expanded version of the program seen on The American experience broadcast"--Container.
Format information from Amazon.com.
Summary Presents a narrated version of the discovery of Ishi, last member of the Yahi Indian tribe, and events in his life after coming into the white man's world.
Form Also issued on videocassette.
Contents Wild man in Oroville -- Uncontaminated aborigine -- Ishi meets Caruso -- 50 cents a scalp -- Ishi on exhibition -- Yahi massacres -- Visiting Ishi's homeland -- Ishi's last hiding place -- Panama Pacific exhibition -- Hard work and tuberculosis.
Subject Yana Indians -- History.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
Documentary television programs.
Subject Yana Indians. (OCoLC)fst01182397
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Genre/Form Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
Subject Yana Indians.
Genre/Form Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Subject Yana Indians -- California -- Biography.
Genre/Form Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726125
Subject Ishi, -1916.
Genre/Form Biographical television programs.
Subject Ishi, -1916. (OCoLC)fst01826438
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Subject Indians of North America -- California -- History.
Ishi, -1916.
Genre/Form Television adaptations.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- California -- History.
Genre/Form Nonfiction television programs.
Added Author Riffe, Jed. Producer. Director.
Roberts, Pamela (Filmmaker) Producer. Director.
Makepeace, Anne. Screenwriter.
Hunt, Linda, 1945- Narrator.
Kroeber, Theodora. Ishi, the last Yahi.
Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979. Ishi, the last Yahi.
Chinlund, Jennifer. Film editor.
Adler, Mark. Composer.
Lighthill, Stephen. Cinematographer.
Rattlesnake Productions, Inc. Production company.
Shanachie Entertainment Corp. Film distributor.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) Broadcaster.
Note Title on container: American experience. Ishi, the last Yahi
Added Title American experience (Television program)
Standard No. 016351092090
Music No. 920 Shanachie
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