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Date
1992
Summary
Using archival newsreels, feature film footage and interviews with Afro-American actors and directors, this film explores the inception, struggle, suppression, and survival of the Black cinema from the 1920s through the 1950s. This documentary, a stinging indictment of racism in the arts and in American culture, examines the lives and influence of Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, Oscar Micheaux, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Marcus Garvey and many others on African-American cinema.
Contributors
Karel, Russ; Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-; Dillard, William; Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006; Jones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006; Rowe, Billy; Campbell, Dick, 1903-; Harris, Edna Mae, 1910-1997; Nichols, Harold J., 1945-; Patterson, Sarah; Greaves, William
Publishers
BBC Education & Training; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Genre
Documentary television programs
Subjects
North American Culture; American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Film Studies; African American Studies; Civil Rights, Discrimination; African Americans in motion pictures -- History; African Americans in the motion picture industry -- History; African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Interviews; African American motion picture producers and directors -- Interviews; Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- History -- 20th century; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media; Jazz -- 1921-1930
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
92 minutes; black and white
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
BBC Education & Training ; a Russ Karel film ; based on a suggestion by Jeremy Isaacs ; written by Russ Karel, Gordon Parks ; produced by Sarah Patterson. Narrator: William Greaves. Commentary: William Dillard, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, Billy Rowe, Dick Campbell, Edna Mae Harris, William Greaves, Harold Nichols. Photography, Ray Brislin ; supervising editors, French Horwitz, Russ Karel ; music, Russ Karel.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089739; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10741; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3216; Catalog Key: alephsys004126899; OCLC: ocn711693252

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