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Greg Durbin Sherman George
Description
Humanities and Social Sciences Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Interview with Whirligig Man (John Edward Forbuar on JEF) goes into international marketplace, cheap products, migrant farm labor among fruit harvest workers and his work to make the whirligig devices. Forbaur aspires to independence from government regulations and is proud that he uses American tools and saw for his own work. He is articulate and speaks well on camera while also being aware of his own social problems when in communities of people at times, “I got run out of Stockton.“ “Never had a family…44 years old.” UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 16 minutes, 18 seconds
Form/Genre
video recordings documentaries
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb27661153
Language
English
Subject
Alternative lifestyles Interviews Deserts Campgrounds Concrete slabs Flea markets Whirligigs Labor Periodic markets Toys (recreational artifacts) Self-reliant living Foundations (structural elements) Camping trailers Military camps Video recordings Documentaries Salton Sea, California, United States Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Place
Salton Sea, California, United States Niland, Imperial, California, United States
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