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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
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
- Herskovits, Melville J.
- Anthropologists--Africa, West--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
- Anthropology--Philosophy.
- Anthropology.
- Racism in anthropology--United States.
- Racism in anthropology.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2009.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from feature.
- OCLC:
- 823895058
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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