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Collection Overview
| Size | 13.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 900 items) |
| Abstract | The documentary film Shalom Y'all, directed by third-generation southern Jew and New Orleans, La., native Brian Bain, details Jewish culture and identity in the American South. In the film, Bain travels 4,200 miles by car across the same route his grandfather took as a traveling salesman. Bain interviews a variety of southern Jews, including a Jewish African American police chief, a kosher butcher, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a former congressman. He also explores the role played by southern Jews in a variety of historical settings, such as the American Civil War, the civil rights movement, and the Ku Klux Klan. The collection consists of elements involved in the making of the film Shalom Y'all, research files, business files, and promotional materials. Elements of the film include video footage, photographic stills, audio materials, scripts, and other documents. There are also photographs of interviewees and locations featured in the film, the cast and crew while traveling and filming, and openings and other events. Research materials consist of images of southern Jewish businesses, homes, temples, celebrations, religious ceremonies, other gatherings, civil rights activities, individual and family portraits, and other subjects, and video materials covering a range of topics from Mardi Gras to civil rights. There are also Shalom Y'all scout videos. Business files consist of correspondence and other items related to grants, loans, film logos and posters, copyright, and other topics. Promotional materials include newspaper clippings, film festival schedules, and other materials. |
| Creator | Bain, Brian. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Information For Users
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Historical Information
The documentary film Shalom Y'all, directed by third-generation southern Jew and New Orleans, La., native Brian Bain, details Jewish culture and identity in the American South. In the film, Bain travels 4,200 miles by car across the same route his grandfather took as a traveling salesman. Bain interviews a variety of southern Jews, including a Jewish African American police chief, a kosher butcher, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a former congressman. He also explores the role played by southern Jews in a variety of historical settings, such as the American Civil War, the civil rights movement, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Note adapted from the Shalom Y'all website: http://www.shalomyall.com/shalom-yall/about.php, accessed 30 April 2008.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of elements pertaining to the making of the documentary film Shalom Y'all by Brian Bain, including video footage, photographic stills, audio materials, scripts and other documents, and photographs taken during filming; research materials; business files; and promotional materials. Video footage includes road tapes of raw footage, archival tapes, vignette footage, assembly cuts, original and final trailers, and credit rolls. Audio elements include composer dubs, voice-overs, sound effects, swelltones, music, addons, loops, sound effects, pickups, and papers briefly describing portions of the audio material and printed drafts of the film script with annotated audio cuts. Scripts and other materials include electronic versions of the script and the screen credits, as well as other documents related to the making of the film. There are several hundred printed photographs and accompanying negatives taken during the filming of the documentary. Subjects include interviewees and locations featured in the film, the cast and crew, traveling and filming, and events and openings. Research materials are photographs and videos collected by Bain while conducting research for the film. Images in the photographic research materials cover a wide time span and include subjects such as southern Jewish businesses, Jewish homes, and temples; celebrations, religious ceremonies, and other gatherings; southern Jews and civil rights; individual and family portraits; and other subjects. Research video materials pertain to research done before filming of the documentary, covering a range of subjects from Mardi Gras to civil rights to college football. Research film footage also includes Shalom Y'all scout tapes. Business files consist of correspondence and other papers related to grants, loans, expense accounts, film credits, the official film logos and posters, copyright, and public relations. Promotional materials are newspaper clippings related to the film; film festival schedules and film posters; correspondence related to the opening and showing of the film; digtial photographs and negatives of related merchandise; and press passes for film openings.
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Series Quick Links
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Series 1. Film Elements, 1998-2003.
Includes video footage, photographic stills, audio materials, scripts, and other documents used in the making of the film Shalom Y'all, as well as photographs taken during filming.
There is some overlap in content among various formats of materials.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.1. Video Footage and Accompanying Material, 2001-2002.
Arrangement: alphabetically.
Includes raw video footage, archival tapes, assembly cuts, vignette footage, film trailers, credit rolls, and supplemental footage such as B-rolls. These materials are recorded in varying formats.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.2. Film Photographic Stills, 2002.
Photographs from the research materials that were transfered to Betacam SP video format and Digital Betacam format. Also included is a brief inventory. Each videotape has notes about its photographic content on the label.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Videotape VT-5331/71-88
VT-5331/71VT-5331/72VT-5331/73VT-5331/74VT-5331/75VT-5331/76VT-5331/77VT-5331/78VT-5331/79VT-5331/80VT-5331/81VT-5331/82VT-5331/83VT-5331/84VT-5331/85VT-5331/86VT-5331/87VT-5331/88 |
Photographic stills, tapes 1-17G (Betacam SP) #05331, Subseries: "1.2. Film Photographic Stills, 2002." VT-5331/71-88 |
| Videotape VT-5331/89 |
Photographic stills, tape 17G (Digital Betacam) #05331, Subseries: "1.2. Film Photographic Stills, 2002." VT-5331/89 |
| Folder 3 |
Photographic stills inventory #05331, Subseries: "1.2. Film Photographic Stills, 2002." Folder 3 |
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Subseries 1.3. Audio Materials, 1992-2003.
Audio elements for use in the film recorded in various film formats, and on data compact discs, digital audio tapes, and floppy discs. There are also papers briefly describing portions of the audio material and several printed drafts of the film script with annotated audio cuts. Audio elements include, but are not limited to, composer dubs, voice-overs, sound effects, swelltones, music, addons, loops, sound effects, pickups, locked audio, burn-in unmixed audio, and audible audio formatted footage.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.3.1. Audio: Video Format, 2002.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Videotapes containing various audio elements of the film in various film formats, the content of which includes, but is not limited to, composer dubs, film scenes, locked audio, burn-in unmixed audio, and audible audio formatted footage.
Note that original video titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.3.2. Audio: Digital Audio Tape Format, 1992-2002.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Digital audio tapes containing audio elements of the film Shalom Y'all, including, but not limited to, footage from various scenes, voice-overs, sound effects, and swelltones.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.3.3. Audio: Data Compact Disc Format, 2002.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Data compact discs containing audio elements for the film including, but not limited to, music, addons, voice-overs, loops, sound effects, and pickups.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials.
Materials relating to audio elements of the film.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
| Floppy Disc FLD-5331/5 |
Floppy disc, unidentified #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." FLD-5331/5 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-5331/6 |
Floppy disc labeled "NG Shalom" #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." FLD-5331/6 |
| Folder 4 |
Timelog notes on transcript #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." Folder 4 |
| Folder 5 |
Annotated script #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." Folder 5 |
| Folder 6 |
Sound mixer orders #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." Folder 6 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-5331/11 |
Zip disc labeled "Back-up" #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." FLD-5331/11 |
Floppy Disc FLD-5331/8-10
FLD-5331/8FLD-5331/9FLD-5331/10 |
Zip discs, unidentified #05331, Subseries: "1.3.4. Audio: Other Materials." FLD-5331/8-10 |
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Subseries 1.4. Scripts and Other Materials, 2001-2002 and undated.
Versions of the script, screen credits, and other documents in various formats, including several floppy discs, one data compact disc, and one folder of printed materials.
Note that original titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 1.5. Photographs, 1998-2002.
Note that the original photographic groupings and numbering system have, for the most part, been retained. Each of the groups of printed photographs has a two-digit number assigned by the donor.
Image Folder PF-5331/1-20
PF-5331/1PF-5331/2PF-5331/3PF-5331/4PF-5331/5PF-5331/6PF-5331/7PF-5331/8PF-5331/9PF-5331/10PF-5331/11PF-5331/12PF-5331/13PF-5331/14PF-5331/15PF-5331/16PF-5331/17PF-5331/18PF-5331/19PF-5331/20 |
Interviewees and locations #05331, Subseries: "1.5. Photographs, 1998-2002." PF-5331/1-20Several hundred printed photographs with some accompanying negatives taken during the filming of the film. Photographic subjects include interviewees and locations featured in the film, the cast and crew, traveling and filming, and events and openings. Many photographs are grouped according to film roll number. |
| Image Box IB-5331/6 |
Photographic negative rolls #05331, Subseries: "1.5. Photographs, 1998-2002." IB-5331/6Three rolls of photographic negatives. |
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Series 2. Research Materials, 1986-2003.
Arrangement: by format.
Photographs and videos collected by Bain while conducting research for the film Shalom Y'all.
Note that original file folder and video titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 2.1. Research Videos, 1986-2002.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Videotapes collected by Bain while conducting research for the film Shalom Y'all, in VHS and 8mm format. Includes four archival footage videos; five research scout videos; footage on various topics such as Mardi Gras, southern college sports, football, civil rights footage, the 1967 Beth Israel temple bombing in Jackson, Miss., Bain and wife Julie, boxing, Elliot Bain; and a screener copy of Shalom Y'all from the UCLA film archives.
Note that original video label titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 2.2. Research Photographs.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Printed and photocopied images collected by Bain while conducting research for the film Shalom Y'all, gathered from various archives and museums throughout the South. Images cover a wide time span, and include subjects such as southern Jewish businesses, homes, and temples; celebrations, religious ceremonies and gatherings; southern Jews and civil rights; individual and family portraits; and other subjects. Folders contains one or more related photographs or photocopies of photographs, often with additional information such as the repository in which the images are found or notes on the context and history of the images. Several folders contain contact sheets and accompanying negatives, also from museums around the South. Some folders have detailed lists of the photographs contained within written on the front of the folder.
Note that original file folders and their titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 2.3. Other Research Materials, 2000-2002.
Printed research materials on photographs used in the film and the photographs' accompanying B-roll forms, which list the scene of the film in which the image appears. Included are photocopies and computer prints of historic photographs of Jews in the South, often with accompanying notes on the people and places in the photographs; printed information on Jewish traditions and holidays; printed Jewish sermons; information on archival stills; B-roll forms; and one floppy disc with information pertaining to the research materials.
Folder 7-10
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
Archival stills and research materials: Paper files #05331, Subseries: "2.3. Other Research Materials, 2000-2002." Folder 7-10 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-5331/4 |
Floppy disc labeled "Scratch" #05331, Subseries: "2.3. Other Research Materials, 2000-2002." FLD-5331/4 |
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Series 3. Business Files, 1998-2003.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Materials related to grants, loans, expense accounts, film credits, the official film logos and posters, copyright, and public relations for the film.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 4. Promotional materials, 1999-2004.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Clippings of news articles about the film; a CD containing a seven-minute interview with Brian Bain on the New Orleans radio station 89.9 WWNO relating to the opening of the film; film festival schedules and film posters; correspondence related to the opening and showing of the film; a guest book from a 7 February 1999 Atlanta, Ga., reception for the film; data compact disc and photographic negatives of photographic shoots with people wearing Shalom Y'all merchandise; and several press-passes for film openings.
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Processed by: Joyce Chapman, April 2007
Encoded by: Joyce Chapman, April 2007
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