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