Obatala at Philadelphia Museum of Art


Arthur Hall Collection
Obatala at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Note: The first 16mm roll, Obatala at PMA 01 (c.1978, AHC.079.161 and IIF 16 A05,
Black and White, Silent, Running time 10:39) was filmed by Bruce Williams.
The second, Obatala at PMA 02
(c.1978, AHC.079.160 and IIF 16 A04,
Black and White, Silent, Running time 11:33) was shot by Rick Pedolsky.


Does anyone recognize the film crew seen at the tail? Looks like an Arriflex with
sync sound on cable. Would PMA have had a crew documenting the event?

The original 16mm rolls of film are now in the Arthur Hall Collection at the
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Online Movie Archive (Creative Commons, Full Attribution, Noncommercial)

2022 Annual Report

ileife.org