Jazz Slave Ships (1998)
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.
Directors: Elspeth Sage, Paul Wong.
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Jan Wade as |
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Vanessa Richards as |
| Editing | Maureen Bradley | Online Editor |
| Writing | Vanessa Richards | Writer |
| Production | Kerry Elliott | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Joe Sarahan | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Simon Herbert | Still Photographer |
| Production | Jonti Tarbuck | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Jon Bewley | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Paul Wong | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Elspeth Sage | Director |
| Production | Elspeth Sage | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Elspeth Sage | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Jan Wade | Writer |
| Production | Andrew Dodds | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Simon Herbert | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Paul Wong | Director |
| Editing | Paul Wong | Editor |
