Melvonna Ballenger

Rain (Nyesha)

1978

Person holding an umbrella stands on a rainy street beneath a speed limit 35 sign.
Person holding an umbrella stands on a rainy street beneath a speed limit 35 sign.

Melvonna Ballenger, Rain (Nyesha), 1978. 8mm film, black-and-white, sound, 15.54 min., transferred to video. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee 2023.18. © Estate of Melvonna Ballenger, courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive

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Date
1978

Classification
Film

Medium
8mm film, black-and-white, sound, 15.54 min., transferred to video

Accession number
2023.18

Edition
Uneditioned

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Melvonna Ballenger, courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive

API
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