Film elements for an unfinished Pan Africa film project

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Unfinished ‘Pan Africa’ film project created by Lebert “Sandy” Bethune. Consists of 29 16mm film rolls/elements with sound and color, in 8 cans: 16mm color reversal film, 16mm full coat mag, ¼” open reel audio tape, and paper transcriptions. In 1970, filmmaker and scholar Lebert “Sandy” Bethune started what would become his final film. Though he never completed the film, Bethune conducted 4 interviews with thought leaders in the Pan-Africa movement: CLR James and Shirley Graham Du Bouis, both interviewed by Bethune at Columbia University, and Peter Abrahams and Amy Jacques Garvey, both interviewed by Bethune in Jamaica. Combined the interviews are approximately 150 minutes in length. The footage is entirely unedited, camera original 16mm color reversal film.

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