Jazz Slave Ships

Synopsis

Jazz Slave Ships was a site-specific performance collaboration between Vancouver artist Jan Wade and London-based performer Vanessa Richards that involved the creation of an ancestral altar. It took place in two U.K. ports in October 1996: on the West Coast in Whitehaven, Cumbria (the last English slaving port), in an 18th century bonded warehouse used to store liquor and guns used in the slave trade; and on the East Coast in Hull, Yorkshire in Wilberforce House, the birthplace of the anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce and now a museum of anti-slavery. The production took place over a 3-week period that began Sept. 30, 1996.

Main Cast

Jan Wade

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Vanessa Richards

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Paul Wong Elspeth Sage
Production	Executive Producer	Elspeth Sage
	Production Assistant	Jonti Tarbuck Kerry Elliott Andrew Dodds
Editing	Editor	Paul Wong
	Assistant Editor	Joe Sarahan
	Online Editor	Maureen Bradley
Camera	Camera Operator	Paul Wong Elspeth Sage Simon Herbert
	Still Photographer	Jon Bewley Simon Herbert
Writing	Writer	Jan Wade Vanessa Richards
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