Arthur Hall Collection
ILE IFE House of Love
The most important film documenting the Ile Ife Black Humanitarian Center and the
Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble at full flower in the early 1970s. Filmmaker
Ray Hartung and his crew capture dances in rehearsal and in performance, children's
classes and adult workshops, tours of the then newly opened Ile Ife Museum, and
interviews with Arthur Hall and members of his company, including Karen Warrington,
James Crawford, St. Elmo McKelvy, Evangeline Brown, Barbara Kinney, and Ron Payton.
Almost lost, the film has been preserved and digitally remastered for Ile Ife Films
and the Arthur Hall Collection by Bruce Williams.
Pen & ink drawing at top of page
by Alan Crichton 1995
The Arthur Hall Collection
is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the arts
and education in African and African American culture.