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Oh Dem Watermelons
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Music
0h 12m
1965

Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted...

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Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights from the Cracker Barrel), which assaulted racial stereotypes by wildly exaggerating them. Scored by Steve Reich. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

  • DirectorRobert Nelson
  • Release13 August 1965
  • GenreMusic
  • Duration0h 12m
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    The San Francisco Mime Troupe

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