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John Wideman : a conversation with John Wideman / SSR-RTSI Swiss Television production ; director, Matteo Bellinelli.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnic studies video collection.
- In black and white ; 6.
- In black and white ; 6
- Ethnic studies video collection
- In black and white : six profiles of African American authors ; 6
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wideman, John Edgar--Interviews.
- Wideman, John Edgar.
- African American authors--Interviews.
- African American authors.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (26 minutes).
- Other Title:
- John Wideman
- Conversation with John Wideman
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1992.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- Wideman candidly discusses the dilemma of the committed African American intellectual torn between the urban underclass and a predominatly white, middle class literary audience. He writes because "African Americans have to carry alternative versions of reality in our heads and the model for doing that exists in art."
- OCLC:
- 840838492
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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