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Black theatre : the making of a movement / written, produced & directed by Woodie King, Jr.
LIBRA VHS Videorecording 251
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American theater--History--20th century.
- African American theater.
- American drama--African American authors.
- American drama.
- History.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1992?]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Interviews with various Afro-American playwrights. Recounts the struggles of playwrights and actors as they brought to birth black American theater between the 1950's and 1970's. Includes excerpts from performances.
- Contents:
- Pt.1. Pioneers (41 min.)
- Pt.2. A theatre of our own (37 min.)
- Pt.3. Black theatre and beyond (35 min.)
- Participant:
- Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lonnie Elder, Lloyd Richards, James Earl Jones, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Vinnette Carroll, Ed Bullins, Richard Wesley, Ntozake Shange.
- Credits:
- Associate producers, Ed Pitt, Joan Sandler ; editor, Franklin Manno ; music, The John Lewis Sound ; Interviewers, Woodie King, Joan Sandler, Ed Pitt.
- Notes:
- "A project of the National Black Touring Circuit, Inc."
- Originally produced in 1978.
- OCLC:
- 27723560
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