Description |
1 DVD (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
System Details |
DVD. |
Note |
Title from disc. |
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Originally broadcast 1982-01-08. |
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Producing and broadcasting organizations and broadcasting date supplied from the 1982 Peabody Awards entry form. |
Credits |
Film editor, Merle Worth; photographed by David Grubin; sound, Roger Phenix; production managers, David Gillis, Joe Pacitti; production assistants, Shauna Simpson, Linda Marr, Matthew Pook, Stuart Desser; additional editing, Peri Muldofsky; additional photography, Mark Benjamin; studio essays produced by Sidney Smith with Pamela; directed by Sidney Smith; associate producer, Judy Epstein; associate director, Michael Onofrio; videotape editor, John Castodio; lighting, Donald Minor; technical director, Leonard H. Chumbley; camera, Marc M. Bauman, Walter Edel, Jr. |
Performer |
[Host:] Bill Moyers; [interview with:] Maya Angelou. |
Summary |
In this first episode of the Creativity with Bill Moyers series, Maya Angelou returns to her hometown of Stamps, Arkansas, thirty years after she had left it. She recounts her life growing up in the rural, segregated town, and how these experiences shaped and influenced her creative processes as a poet, musician, and as a person. The episode begins with a twelve minute introduction by Bill Moyers to the Creativity series, discussing what the series is about and who will be appearing in later episodes. |
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Angelou, Maya -- Interviews.
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Angelou, Maya. |
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Interviews.
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Subject |
African American women authors -- 20th century -- Biography.
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African American women authors. |
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20th century |
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Biographies.
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African American women authors -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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Stamps (Ark.) -- Race relations.
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Stamps (Ark.) -- Social life and customs.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Subject |
Creative ability.
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Creative ability. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Interviews.
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Added Author |
Koplin, Mert, producer.
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Grinker, Charles, producer.
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McCarthy, Betsy, producer.
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Grubin, David, producer, director.
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Blumer, Ronald H., producer.
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Moyers, Bill D., interviewer, host.
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Angelou, Maya, interviewee.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Corporation for Entertainment and Learning.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Added Title |
Maya Angelou |
Music No. |
42076 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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