Canta u populu corsu or the language of a people's memory

Collection title

Légendaire

ID

INA00032

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

08/17/1978

Production year

1978

Abstract

Report in a corsican village on the traditional culture in the collective memory of the aboriginals. The band "canta u populu corso" sings in corsican language, the villagers recite poems in corsican (subtitled), they gather the evening to sing songs of exile. Old women show, through history and songs, that these complaints " the lamenti" and poems are essential elements of the Corsican culture that is orally transmitted through generations and that represent a form of resistance of the Islanders to the " continent".

Type

video

Production companies

• National audiovisual Institute - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F2

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Music and songs

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Festivals and traditions

Credits / Cast

• Maestradi Leonard - Director
• Alfonsi Philippe - Producer

Period of events

• 1978

Map locations

• France - Corsica

Original language

Corsican

Media running time

31m37

Additional information