I Is A Long-Memoried Woman
Specs and Credits

Directed by
Frances-Anne Solomon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ingrid Lewis
Frances-Anne Solomon

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Adjoa Andoh .... Anowa
Leonie Forbes .... Older Woman

Produced by
Ingrid Lewis .... producer
Frances-Anne Solomon .... producer
Gary Tuck .... executive producer
David Wilkinson .... executive producer

Original Music by
Dominique Legendre

Film Editing by
Allen Charlton

Art Department
Krystina Stimakovits .... assistant art director

Other crew
Greta Mendez .... choreographer
Affiliate Sites
  • CaribbeanTales.ca

    A not-for-profit company whose aim is to produce educational audio-visual projects, which showcase the rich heritage of Caribbean storytelling.

  • Lord Have Mercy

    In 2002, Leda Serene Films produced Lord Have Mercy!, Canada's first multicultural sitcom, broadcast on Vision TV, Toronto One, Showcase Television, and the Aboriginal People's Television Network. It's a zany ensemble sitcom set in a Caribbean storefront church.
I Is A Long-Memoried Woman 1991

Summary

Dance-Drama based on the book of poems by Gyanese writer Grace Nicholls  Arts Council of England (Winner of the Gold Award for TV Performing Arts at the international New York Film Festival, 1991.)

Adapted from the award-winning book of poems by Guyanese writer Grace Nicholls this extraordinary video chronicles the journey of the unnamed African woman from her homeland to slavery in the Caribbean. It interweaves an original music score and fantastic choreography to tell this evocative first person narrative, which culminates in a personal liberation.

Excerpts from Reviews

  • Feature

    (Article added: Nov-04-04)
    'From de pout of mih mouth, To de treacherous calm of mih smile, You can tell...' Grace Nicholls' first published collection of poems tells the story of a young African woman uprooted from her homeland and transported to slavery in...

  • Nanny in Europe

    (Article added: Nov-04-04)
    By Tony Hall I Is A Long-Memoried Woman, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon, is a video on the poems of Grace Nichols. Both Grace Nichols and Frances-Anne are CARIBBEAN immigrants living in Britain (Frances-Anne is from Trinidad and Tobago and Ms....

  • Shit, Filth & Video Tape

    (Article added: Nov-04-04)
    By Martina Attille I is a Long Memoried Woman, the 1983 collection of poems by Grace Nichols has been the inspiration of a new fifty-minute video, which goes by the same name. Financially assisted by the Arts Council of Great...

  • I Will Enter Into You

    (Article added: Nov-04-04)
    By Gwyneth Cumberbatch I have by now lost count of the times I have absorbed myself in Frances-Anne Solomon's 1990 video 'I Is A Long-Memoried Woman'. At first I thought I was drawn simply to the two dominant faces of...

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