Gullah Tales
US (1988): Short
Gullah Tales is a film fable for all ages as well as a delightful introduction to the origins of Gullah, one of America's most fascinating subcultures and dialects. Set in the rural south on a Sea Island plantation around 1830, the tales are spun by an old slave storyteller. Gullah folklore is best known around the world through the 19th century writing by Joel Chandler Harris of the Uncle Remus stories. Gullah Tales features a Brer Rabbit story in which all the animal characters are enacted by humans. The second, longer tale is a plantation story featuring the quintessential slave hero Little John. It centers on how Little John uses cunning to beat another huge slave in a fight and thus save his master's plantation and his own freedom. (Humanities To Go)
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· Live Action Short Films 1988: George deGolian & Gary Moss - Producers