Woza Albert!: Museum Object and Cultural History
Woza Albert!: Date: 1982. Directed by: Barney Simon, South African, 1932 - 1995. Written by: Percy Mtwa, South African, born 1954.
The object in the museum catalogue
A motion picture film with the title Woza Albert!. It consists of a single reel of color polyester film with optical sound.
The film is a recording of a satirical eponymous play by Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni Ngema, and is about the second coming of Jesus Christ, which happens in South Africa. The play's cast consists of only two persons.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1982
- Directed by: Barney Simon, South African, 1932 - 1995
- Written by: Percy Mtwa, South African, born 1954
- Written by: Mbongeni Ngema, South African, born 1956
- Subject of: Percy Mtwa, South African, born 1954
- Subject of: Mbongeni Ngema, South African, born 1956
- Owned by: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Type: sound films
- Type: color films (visual works)
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: polyester film
- Dimensions: Duration: 49 Minutes
- Dimensions: Length (Film): 1750 Feet
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Theatre
- Object number: 2017.55.95.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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