Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

8/1/1983 - 12/31/1984

Funding Totals

$58,771.00 (approved)
$58,771.00 (awarded)


Sons of the Moon: Cosmology and Lunar Observatories in Africa (Post-production: TV/Film Documentary)

FAIN: GN-21615-83

Institute for the Study of Human Issues (Philadelphia, PA 19104-3318)
Deirdre A. LaPin (Project Director: December 1982 to October 1990)

To support production completion of a documentary film about the anthropological significance of the first lunar observatory sites discovered in Africa. Thefilm also depicts the controlling influence of moon symbolism on the culture and life of a West African people, the Ngas (Angas) of Nigeria.