Ishi, the last Yahi [videorecording] / a Rattlesnake Productions film presentation ; produced and directed by Jed Riffe and Pamela Roberts ; written by Anne Makepeace.

Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Media LLC, c1992.

Format/Description:

Video
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

Ishi, d. 1916.
Yana Indians -- Biography.
Yana Indians.
Yahi language.

Form/Genre:

Documentary films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD.

Summary:

Presents a narrated version of the discovery of Ishi, last member of the Yahi Indian tribe, and events in his life after coming into the white man's world.

Participant:

Narrated by Linda Hunt.

Credits:

Editor, Jennifer Chinlund ; director of photography, Stephen Lighthill ; original music, Mark Adler

Notes:

Based on original research by Jed Riffe and the book: Ishi, the last Yahi, a documentary history, edited by Robert F. Heizer and Theodora Kroeber.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Contributor:

Riffe, Jed. , Producer, Director
Roberts, Pamela. , Producer, Director
Makepeace, Anne. , Screenwriter
Hunt, Linda. , Narrator
Chinlund, Jennifer. , Editor
Lighthill, Stephen. , Cinematographer
Adler, Mark. , Composer
Berkeley Media. , Producer, Distributor
Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

OCLC:

61131431

Publisher Number:

0091 Berkeley Media

Web link:

The Hazel M. Hussong Fund Home Page

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