Black Athena / Bandung Limited ; Channel Four ; produced by Tariq Ali ; directed by Christopher Spencer.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Bernal, Martin, author.

Contributor:

Spencer, Christopher, director.

Ali, Tariq, producer.

Bingham, Bill (Narrator of documentaries), narrator.

Balanescu, Alexander, composer.

Connors, Clare (Composer), composer.

Bandung Limited, producer.

Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bernal, Martin. Black Athena.

Bernal, Martin.

Greece--Civilization--Egyptian influences.

Greece.

Civilization.

Greece--Civilization--Phoenician influences.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Genre:

Television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1991.

System Details:

VHS - NTSC.

analog

magnetic

mono

VHS

NTSC

Summary:

Documentary examines Martin Bernal's iconoclastic study of African origins of Greek civilization and its explosive impact on academic discourses and disputes around multi-culturalism, "political correctness" and Afrocentric curricula sweeping college campuses today.

Participant:

Narrator, Bill Bingham.

Credits:

Camera, Richard Branczik ; research, Nick Mirzoeff ; music, Alex Balanescu and Clare Connors.

Notes:

Originally produced as documentary film in Great Britain in 1990.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

26004882