Moving Image:Viewing the supernatural

Viewing the supernatural is a short film from 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

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...

Viewing the supernatural
Release date	1958
Running time	0:30:00
Language	English

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More Details

internal id

71119

Summary

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.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:30:00)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Dance

IUL Subject

Anthropology

Philosophy

Religion.

Full Original Title

Viewing the supernatural