Description |
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
monochrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Performer |
Narrator: William Greaves. |
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Commentary: William Dillard, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, Billy Rowe, Dick Campbell, Edna Mae Harris, William Greaves, Harold Nichols. |
Credits |
Photography, Ray Brislin ; supervising editors, French Horwitz, Russ Karel ; music, Russ Karel. |
Note |
Videodisc release of a documentary originally produced in 1992 for BBC television. |
System Details |
DVD. |
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 Afro-American cinema. |
Subject |
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. |
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975. |
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. |
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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.
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Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940. |
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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946.
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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. |
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951. |
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History.
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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) |
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History. |
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African Americans in motion pictures -- History.
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African Americans in motion pictures. |
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African Americans in the motion picture industry -- History.
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African Americans in the motion picture industry. |
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African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Interviews.
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African American motion picture actors and actresses. |
Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Subject |
African American motion picture producers and directors -- Interviews.
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African American motion picture producers and directors. |
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Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media. |
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Jazz -- 1921-1930.
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Jazz. |
Chronological Term |
1921-1930 |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Subject |
Racism. |
Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Added Author |
Karel, Russ.
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Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-
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Dillard, William.
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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
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Jones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006.
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Rowe, Billy.
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Campbell, Dick, 1903-1994.
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Harris, Edna Mae, 1910-1997.
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Nichols, Harold J., 1945-
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Patterson, Sarah.
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Greaves, William.
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BBC Education & Training.
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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Films for the Humanities (Firm)
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Note |
Title on disc label and container: In black and white : black cinema |
Added Title |
Black cinema |
Music No. |
FFH 7297 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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