- Collection:
- Civil rights films from USC's moving image research collections
- Title:
- Quest for Civil Rights: Mrs. Queen Ellis
- Publisher:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
- Date of Original:
- 1979-06-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina
Arts and crafts
Folk art
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/H264
- Description:
- SCAR T-4: Mrs. Queen Ellis Col, Sound, 29 minutes. Mrs. Queen Ellis is interviewed by Dr. Grace Jordan McFadden about the art of sea island basket weaving. Ellis demonstrates basketweaving and describes how baskets are woven. Ellis speaks on the decline in sea island basketweaving, including the high cost of materials and the declining interest in the art by the younger generation. Note: from the series "Quest for Human / Civil Rights - Oral Recollections of Black South Carolinians."
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17173.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17173coll18/id/201
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved.
- Extent:
- Sound
Sound. Color. Sound. Acetate.
28:36 - Original Collection:
- Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections - Rights: