Clapping Songs
Film duration:
9
Year:
1981
Countries:
United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Original format:
Umatic Video
Available formats:
VHS
Colour:
Colour
Recently digitized
A video which uses slides to isolate and emphasise the actions two girls make while singing traditional clapping songs. The songs are extremely funny, but with a double edge, particularly 'Suzy' which illustrates, with a high degree of irony, a woman's life from the cradle to the grave.
Description Source: Cinenova Catalogue (1994). Edited by Kate Norrish. Editorial committee: Elaine Burrows, Liane Harris, Helen de Witt
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