Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

Mental health research in Nigeria 

Producing Agency:   The Cornell University Program in Social Psychiatry in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the Western Region of Nigeria

Production Date:   [1950s - 1960s]

Format:   16 mm, colour, sound, 00:25:20

Synopsis – a description of a research project into mental health in Nigeria headed by Dr. Alexander Leighton. Footage was shot at Cornell University, New York, Digby County, and primarily among the Yoruba people of western Nigeria.

Short, Joseph A., Producer

Leighton, Alexander H., Director

Leighton, Alexander H.; Hughes, Charles G.; Macklin, David B.; Lagner, Thomas S., Camera

Repository:   Nova Scotia Archives

Subjects:
Short, Joseph A.
Cornell University
Leighton, Alexander H.
Leighton, Alexander H.

Genre:
Outtakes

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