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Duration: 10 min.

Genre: Educational

Creator: Weston Woods

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: An African folk tale about how stories came to earth from Nyame, the Sky God. Vivid color cutouts and a musical score which uses African instruments capture the spirit of this legend. Based on the award-winning book by Gail E. Haley. Directed by Gene Deitch., Anansi, the spider man, wanted to buy some stories from Nyame, the Sky God, so he spun a web up to the sky to bargin with Nyame. The story of how Anansi paid the price for the stories is told in woodcuts and narration capturing the flavor of African languages and customs., Animation which tells how African folk tales were acquired from the god who possessed them by a man who spun a web to reach the sky. Based on the book by Gail E. Haley.

Complete Record: An African folk tale about how stories came to earth from Nyame, the Sky God. Vivid color cutouts and a musical score which uses African instruments capture the spirit of this legend. Based on the award-winning book by Gail E. Haley. Directed by Gene Deitch., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.