1 option
In black & white / BBC Education & Training ; a Russ Karel film ; based on a suggestion by Jeremy Isaacs ; written by Russ Karel, Gordon Parks ; produced by Sarah Patterson.
LIBRA VHS PN1995.9.N4 I52 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Karel, Russ, author.
- Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, author, interviewee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Robeson, Paul.
- Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
- Baker, Josephine.
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
- Hughes, Langston.
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
- Wright, Richard.
- Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.
- Garvey, Marcus.
- Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946.
- Cullen, Countee.
- Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
- Micheaux, Oscar.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--History.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).
- African Americans in motion pictures--History.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- African Americans in the motion picture industry--History.
- African Americans in the motion picture industry.
- African American motion picture actors and actresses--Interviews.
- African American motion picture actors and actresses.
- African American motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
- African American motion picture producers and directors.
- Racism--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism.
- African Americans.
- History.
- Interviews.
- United States.
- African Americans--History--20th century.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
- Jazz--1921-1930.
- Jazz.
- Genre:
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (92 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: In black and white : black cinema
- Black cinema
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], [1997]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- 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.
- Participant:
- Narrator: William Greaves.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release of a documentary originally produced in 1992.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 41426729
- Publisher Number:
- 19068093
- FFH 7297 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.