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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.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoPrinceton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], [2002]
Description1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940.
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946.
Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--History.
DVD-Video discs.
African Americans in motion pictures--History.
African Americans in the motion picture industry--History.
African American motion picture actors and actresses--Interviews.
African American motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
Racism--United States --History --20th century.
African Americans--History --20th century.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
Jazz--1921-1930.
Other author/creatorKarel, Russ.
Other author/creatorIsaacs, Jeremy, 1932-
Other author/creatorDillard, William.
Other author/creatorParks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
Other author/creatorJones, Robert Earl, 1904-2006.
Other author/creatorRowe, Billy.
Other author/creatorCampbell, Dick, 1903-1994.
Other author/creatorHarris, Edna Mae, 1910-1997.
Other author/creatorNichols, Harold J., 1945-
Other author/creatorPatterson, Sarah.
Other author/creatorGreaves, William.
Other author/creatorBBC Education & Training.
Other author/creatorBBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Other author/creatorFilms for the Humanities (Firm)
Variant title Title on disc label and container: In black and white : black cinema
Portion of title Black cinema
Abstract 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.
General noteVideocassette release of a documentary originally produced in 1992 for BBC television.
CreditsPhotography, Ray Brislin ; supervising editors, French Horwitz, Russ Karel ; music, Russ Karel.
Performer Narrator: William Greaves.
Performer Commentary: William Dillard, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, Billy Rowe, Dick Campbell, Edna Mae Harris, William Greaves, Harold Nichols.
Technical detailsDVD.
Publisher numberFFH 7297 Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Available Items

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1995.9.B585 I53 2002 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold
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