Other titles:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A moving message from Mara Sliskovic recorded during an All Saints' Day ceremony in a Catholic graveyard in Ilok, Sector East.
Description: Prayers are said over a fresh grave in a Catholic graveyard. Mara, dressed in black, speaks directly to the camera. She is sending a message to her children to tell them that their father has died and that she has been a widow for the last three months. She has lit a candle for each of child. Eight candles. She has placed three bouquets of flowers on the grave as well, for her grandchildren. She says that she is all alone "like an orphan" and "if I could take him, and take these four planks, I would go immediately". She wishes that they could come and see his grave. She also greets her sisters in Zagreb and those who have left Ilok during the war.
She stands over the grave, where the candles still burn.
Alternative Title:UNITED NATIONS TELEVISION (UNTV) ZAGREB COLLECTION, YUGOSLAVIA [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:English (Tape Code A)
Digitised:
Object_Number:UNT 521
Sound:Croatian (Tape Code C)
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1994-11 1995-01-04
Production Country: UN
Production Details: Mackey, Robert (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: Croatia & Ilok (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: English (Tape Code A)
Sound format: Croatian (Tape Code C)
Soundtrack language: Serbian (Tape D)
Technical Details: Format: Beta-SP
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 2 mins 10 secs
