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The "Tree of Music" Video
Our sales of the "Tree of Music" are temporarily suspended while we arrange to secure DVD copies. We no longer have VHS versions of the film available and we will update this page when the DVD version of the video is available. We apologize for any inconvenience. The video is available to customers from selected countries at the Television Trust for the Environment website.
| Mpingo– The Tree That Makes Music A GREEN UMBRELLA FILM FOR BBC/WNET 1992 52-minutes |
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At a musical instrument factory in France, skilled craftsmen work fragments of African blackwood into clarinets and flutes for the international market. But in the early 1980s, with more and more wood cracking under pressure on the lathes, investigations turn to the plains of Tanzania, and to the Mpingo tree - the source of the remarkable black heartwood. The Mpingo takes over 70 years to reach commercial maturity. Prized by musicians around the world, it is also much sought after by Tanzania’s Makonde woodcarvers whose sculptures play an important role in cultural life. Michael Gunton’s exquisite film links the instruments of today with the forests where people first made music, and shows how sustainable management of Mpingo plantations benefits local communities and international markets alike. (Source: TVE website) |
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