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| Margaret Garner | 
 enlarge | Director: Mustapha Hasnaoui
Actors: Graves, Morrison
Studio: FACETS
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 41184
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 52
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DV95805
UPC: 736899115524
EAN: 0736899115524
ASIN: B00104Z8EI
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison was inspired by the true story of Margaret Garner in writing her novel Beloved. Garner was a slave in pre-Civil War America who escaped and killed her own daughter rather than see her return to slavery. Morrison later wrote the libretto for Margaret Garner an opera composed by Richard Danielpour and commissioned by the Michigan Opera Theatre the Cincinnati Opera and the Opera Company of Philadelphia in 2005. By recounting Garner's tale in conjunction with the story behind this "black" opera and the harsh Washington upbringing of its mezzo soprano Denyce Graves the film Margaret Garner re-examines a tragic historical moment while addressing race issues that are still prevalent today.System Requirements:Running Time: 52 minutes Language: English / French Subtitles: EnglishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY UPC: 736899115524 Manufacturer No: DV95805
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A compelling documentary June 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The only thing I regret about the DVD entitled Margaret Garner is that there is no recording of a complete performance of the opera. One can only hope that such a recording will become available. One gets a good feel for what a complete performance would be like from the many scenes from rehearsals and performances that are included. The music and its performance are as compelling as any grand opera. The lead singers are first rate performers familiar to opera lovers.
This is a documentary interspersed with scenes from the opera to illustrate the narrative, as the camera follows Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano backstage, in rehearsal and performance, and visiting the actual place where events took place that are the basis for the novel Beloved and the opera itself. The confrontation between Ms. Graves and a descendant or relative of the man who owned the slave Margaret Garner is intense, and raises the extant issue of the conflict between the guilt of white Americans who would prefer to forget the past and the anger of black Americans who want their history to not be forgotten.
The interview with and the speech given by Toni Morrison provide some insights into the challenges facing the writer of opera librettos, who are are following in the footsteps of Monteverdi, Wagner et al, of allowing the music to tell much the story, while the sung text itself is simplified.
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