Herskovits at the heart of blackness / Vital Pictures ; ITVS ; directed and produced by Lllewellyn M. Smith ; producer & director of research, Vincent Brown ; executive producer, Christine Herbes-Sommers.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Smith, Llewellyn, producer, director.

Brown, Vincent, 1967- producer, researcher.

Herbes-Sommers, Christine, producer.

Harper, Darryl, composer, performer.

Davis, Xavier, composer, performer.

Vital Pictures (Firm), producer.

Independent Television Service, producer.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.

Herskovits, Melville J.

Anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Racism in anthropology.

United States.

West Africa.

Anthropologists--Africa, West--Biography.

Racism in anthropology--United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

[Widescreen presentation].

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : California Newsreel, 2009.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

This documentary traces the career of Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored The Myth of the Negro Past. Rarely seen archival footage, provocative animation, and unique photo montage re-enactments propel the story and interviews from leading scholars of race and culture forward.

Participant:

Interviewees: K. Anthony Appiah, Lee D. Baker, Vincent Brown, Johnnetta Cole, Jean Herskovits Corry, Jerry Gershenhorn, Gelya Frank, Mae Ngai.

Credits:

Director of photography, Tom Fahey; editor, James Rutenbeck; music, Darryl Harper, Xavier Davis.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2009.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

OCLC:

319068381