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America ReFramed, Season 4, Episode 6, Baddddd Sonia Sanchez
directed by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990 and Barbara Attie, fl. 1992; produced by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990 and Barbara Attie, fl. 1992, in America ReFramed, Season 4, Episode 6 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2015), 1 hour 31 mins
The Emmy award nominated BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as "a woman with razor blades between my teeth." A leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and inspiration to today's hip hop...
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directed by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990 and Barbara Attie, fl. 1992; produced by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990 and Barbara Attie, fl. 1992, in America ReFramed, Season 4, Episode 6 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2015), 1 hour 31 mins
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The Emmy award nominated BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as "a woman with razor blades between my teeth." A leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and inspiration to today's hip hop spoken word artists, Sanchez for over 60 years has helped to redefine American culture and politics as an activist in the Black, women...
The Emmy award nominated BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as "a woman with razor blades between my teeth." A leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and inspiration to today's hip hop spoken word artists, Sanchez for over 60 years has helped to redefine American culture and politics as an activist in the Black, women's and peace movements. Maya Angelou called Sanchez "a lion in literature's forest" while spoken word artist Bryonn Bain credits her with paving the way for his generation, "She not only opened the door, she blew off the roof." Sanchez revolutionized poetry by incorporating street language, a unique performance style and collaborations with jazz musicians.Sanchez's contemporaries Ruby Dee, Amiri Baraka, John Bracey, Jr., Haki Madhubuti and Nikki Giovanni joined by such newer voices as Talib Kweli, Ayana Mathis, jessica Care moore, Bryonn Bain and Questlove present impassioned readings of and insightful commentary on her fearless verse, including her raw love poems. Born in Birmingham, Alabama Sanchez grew up in Harlem, attended college in New York and studied with former US poet laureate Louise Bogan who introduced her to the importance of poetic form. In the early 1960s, Sanchez was active in the New York City chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and, inspired by Malcolm X, channeled her heightened political commitment into her poetry. She joined with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) in forming the Black Arts Repertory Theatre in Harlem and like many poets of the Black Arts Movement, wrote her work to be performed on the streets where it could provoke action. In 1965, Sanchez moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, teaching some of the first Black Studies courses in the nation and participated in the San Francisco State Strike which succeeded in establishing the country's first Ethnic Studies Department. She supported the programs of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and contributed articles to its newspaper. When she wrote a critical review of BPP Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice ("No man practices rape on Black women in order to rape white women. That's not a revolutionary, that's a hustler.") the piece was never published and Party representatives later threatened her. After leaving the Bay Area she joined the Nation of Islam for the stability and protection it offered a single mother but soon left because of its restrictions on women. Meanwhile tenured faculty positions eluded her because college administrations were wary of her steadfast activism. Settling at Temple University in Philadelphia – eventually named that city's poet laureate - Sanchez earned a reputation as an accessible and generous teacher and mentor to the young, as seen in her lively engagement with her students and the broader community. BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez, (named after her legendary early collection We a BaddDDD People) will be popular with students and faculty as an accessible resource for teaching English, Creative Writing, African American and Women's Studies, as well as for public programming and deepening public library's video offerings.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990, Barbara Attie, fl. 1992
Author / Creator
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, fl. 2001, Janet Goldwater, fl. 1990, Barbara Attie, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
California Newsreel
Series
America ReFramed
Person Discussed
Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Topic / Theme
Teachers, Academia, Social activism and activists, Life histories, Poets, Black Power Movement, 1966-1975, Black Arts Movement, 1965-1976, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, African Americans, Americans
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Banished
directed by Marco Williams, 1956- (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2007), 1 hour 24 mins
Banished vividly recovers the too-quickly forgotten history of racial cleansing in America when thousands of African Americans were driven from their homes and communities by violent, racist mobs. The film places these events in the context of present day race relations by following three concrete cases where blac...
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directed by Marco Williams, 1956- (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2007), 1 hour 24 mins
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Banished vividly recovers the too-quickly forgotten history of racial cleansing in America when thousands of African Americans were driven from their homes and communities by violent, racist mobs. The film places these events in the context of present day race relations by following three concrete cases where black and white citizens warily explore if there is common ground for reconciliation over these expulsions. Banished raises this larger que...
Banished vividly recovers the too-quickly forgotten history of racial cleansing in America when thousands of African Americans were driven from their homes and communities by violent, racist mobs. The film places these events in the context of present day race relations by following three concrete cases where black and white citizens warily explore if there is common ground for reconciliation over these expulsions. Banished raises this larger question: will the United States ever make meaningful reparations for the human rights abuses suffered, then and now, against its African American citizens? Can reconciliation between the races be possible without them?
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Marco Williams, 1956-
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Communities, Race relations, Black Studies
Copyright Message
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Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story
directed by Sylke Froechtenigt and Bill Kavanagh; produced by Linda Porto and Bill Kavanagh (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2008), 53 mins
Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story shows that segregation has been as virulent and persistent in the North as in the South and that it too has resulted from deliberate public policies based in deep-rooted racial prejudice. The film uses the bitter struggle over equal housing rights in Yonkers, New York during th...
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directed by Sylke Froechtenigt and Bill Kavanagh; produced by Linda Porto and Bill Kavanagh (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2008), 53 mins
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Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story shows that segregation has been as virulent and persistent in the North as in the South and that it too has resulted from deliberate public policies based in deep-rooted racial prejudice. The film uses the bitter struggle over equal housing rights in Yonkers, New York during the1980s to show the "massive resistance" the Civil Rights Movement confronted when it moved north. Brick by Brick is not only a brillian...
Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story shows that segregation has been as virulent and persistent in the North as in the South and that it too has resulted from deliberate public policies based in deep-rooted racial prejudice. The film uses the bitter struggle over equal housing rights in Yonkers, New York during the1980s to show the "massive resistance" the Civil Rights Movement confronted when it moved north. Brick by Brick is not only a brilliant legal history of one of the most important cases in civil rights law, it narrates through the passionate experiences of Yonkers residents on both sides of the issue. The film demonstrates how courageous citizens and dedicated lawyers can enforce the constitutional rights of African Americans in the face of dangerous demagogues fomenting racial hatred.
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Field of Study
Black History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Linda Porto, Bill Kavanagh
Author / Creator
Sylke Froechtenigt, Bill Kavanagh
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Cities, Dwellings, Neighborhoods, Race relations, Black Studies
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Controlling Interest
directed by Larry Adelman, fl. 1978; produced by Larry Adelman, fl. 1978, California Newsreel (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1978), 46 mins
This is the film that helped kick-off the anti-globalization movement. Upon its release, Controlling Interest quickly became a standard "audio-visual text" for those concerned about the growing impact of multinational corporations on global affairs. The film examines how the ever-increasing concentration and veloc...
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directed by Larry Adelman, fl. 1978; produced by Larry Adelman, fl. 1978, California Newsreel (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1978), 46 mins
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This is the film that helped kick-off the anti-globalization movement. Upon its release, Controlling Interest quickly became a standard "audio-visual text" for those concerned about the growing impact of multinational corporations on global affairs. The film examines how the ever-increasing concentration and velocity of capital affect employment in the U.S., shape patterns of development in the Third World, and influence our nation's foreign poli...
This is the film that helped kick-off the anti-globalization movement. Upon its release, Controlling Interest quickly became a standard "audio-visual text" for those concerned about the growing impact of multinational corporations on global affairs. The film examines how the ever-increasing concentration and velocity of capital affect employment in the U.S., shape patterns of development in the Third World, and influence our nation's foreign policy. Remarkably candid interviews with business executives provide a rare glimpse of the reasoning behind corporate global strategy and their never-ending search for resources, ever-cheaper labor, and new markets. The film documents the impact of their decisions on people around the world, including how "freedom" has come increasingly to mean the freedom of global corporations to operate without restriction anywhere on earth. The film includes case studies from Massachusetts' declining machine tool industry, Brazil's "economic miracle," and Chile before and after the 1973 coup.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Larry Adelman, fl. 1978, California Newsreel
Author / Creator
Larry Adelman, fl. 1978
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Profit, Business enterprises, Economic conditions, Globalization
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Copyright © 1978 California Newsreel
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The Debt of Dictators
directed by Erling Borgen, 1948-; produced by Erling Borgen, 1948-, Borgen Productions (California Newsreel, 2005), 45 mins
The Debt of Dictators is the first film to expose the nefarious lending of billions of dollars by multinational banks and international financial institutions to brutal dictators throughout the world. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, asserts that transnational banks "know the price of everything...
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directed by Erling Borgen, 1948-; produced by Erling Borgen, 1948-, Borgen Productions (California Newsreel, 2005), 45 mins
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The Debt of Dictators is the first film to expose the nefarious lending of billions of dollars by multinational banks and international financial institutions to brutal dictators throughout the world. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, asserts that transnational banks "know the price of everything, but have no values." The Debt of Dictators reveals the impoverishment resulting from the odious debts incurred to multinational len...
The Debt of Dictators is the first film to expose the nefarious lending of billions of dollars by multinational banks and international financial institutions to brutal dictators throughout the world. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, asserts that transnational banks "know the price of everything, but have no values." The Debt of Dictators reveals the impoverishment resulting from the odious debts incurred to multinational lending institutions by these dictators. The film transports viewers to Argentina, South Africa, and the Philippines, where they come face to face with those suffering from the sacrifice of essential social services in order to repay these illegitimate debts.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Erling Borgen, 1948-, Borgen Productions
Author / Creator
Erling Borgen, 1948-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
California Newsreel
Person Discussed
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, 1917-1989, Njongonkulu Ndungane, 1941-
Topic / Theme
Poverty, Human rights, Political corruption, Debt, Banks and banking, International economic conditions, Post Apartheid South Africa, 1994-, South Africans, Filipinos, Argentines
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Everyone's Child
directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-; produced by Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993 and Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust (California Newsreel, 1996), 1 hour 23 mins
Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent produ...
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directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-; produced by Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993 and Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust (California Newsreel, 1996), 1 hour 23 mins
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Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD). This prolific production company represents one significant trend among Africa...
Everyone's Child is an eloquent call for action on behalf of Africa's millions of parentless children.
Through the tragic story of one Zimbabwean family devastated by AIDS, the film challenges Africans to reaffirm their tradition that an orphan becomes "Everyone's Child." Everyone's Child is the most recent production from Zimbabwe's Media for Development Trust (MFD). This prolific production company represents one significant trend among African filmmakers: producing feature films to intervene explicitly in urgent social issues. For example, MFD's first feature, Neria, which called on women to exercise their newly won legal rights against patriarchal custom, broke box office records so that eventually one in three Zimbabweans saw it.
Everyone's Child was produced in direct response to the prediction that by the year 2000 there will be over 10,000,000 AIDS orphans on the African continent. At the same time, the film focuses attention on millions of other children left homeless by civil wars or abandoned because their parents could not support them. MFD first conceived Everyone's Child as a training tape for community-based orphan care programs. But the rapid spread of AIDS made the problem so acute they felt only a feature film could place the issue at the forefront of the national agenda.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Ben Zulu, fl. 1994, John Riber, fl. 1993, Jonny Persey, fl. 1996, Media for Development Trust
Author / Creator
Tsitsi Dangarembga, 1959-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
AIDS, Orphans, Children, Government aid, Community centers, Zimbabweans
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Copyright © 1996 California Newsreel
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The Father
directed by Ermias Woldeamlak, fl. 2000; produced by Maji-da Abdi, 1970-, M-Net (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2000), 29 mins
The Father is set during one of the darkest periods of Ethiopian history - the terror following the 1974 deposing of Haile Selassie launched by the new military regime, the derg. Alazar is an apolitical painter looking forward to marrying Rahel, his model and girlfriend. His best friend, Yonas, a political radical...
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directed by Ermias Woldeamlak, fl. 2000; produced by Maji-da Abdi, 1970-, M-Net (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2000), 29 mins
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The Father is set during one of the darkest periods of Ethiopian history - the terror following the 1974 deposing of Haile Selassie launched by the new military regime, the derg. Alazar is an apolitical painter looking forward to marrying Rahel, his model and girlfriend. His best friend, Yonas, a political radical, takes refuge in Alazar's house, causing them both to be captured and tortured by the military. Rahel bribes the major in charge with...
The Father is set during one of the darkest periods of Ethiopian history - the terror following the 1974 deposing of Haile Selassie launched by the new military regime, the derg. Alazar is an apolitical painter looking forward to marrying Rahel, his model and girlfriend. His best friend, Yonas, a political radical, takes refuge in Alazar's house, causing them both to be captured and tortured by the military. Rahel bribes the major in charge with money and by submitting to his sexual advances. Alazar is allowed to escape the firing squad -- but only if he will shoot Yonas. Seven years pass, and Alazar has made an uneasy peace with the regime and with himself. He is chosen to paint a portrait of the national leader, showing "that he is the only man who can lead the country." But an unexpected reunion with Yonas' sister, Tingist, stirs old memories; he begins to suspect that his wife was raped as part of the price for sparing him and that the real father of his seven-year-old daughter may be the torturer who forced him to shoot his friend. Enraged, he defaces the painting of the leader with the same slogan Yonas used years before: "Death to the Military Dictatorship." When we see Alazar for the last time, he is fleeing the country in disguise. The Father is an impassioned political thriller which argues that past injustices will inevitably return to haunt the present and that one must never accommodate oneself to political oppression.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Maji-da Abdi, 1970-, M-Net
Author / Creator
Ermias Woldeamlak, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Political prisoners, Sex crimes, Justice, Painters, Family relationships, Fathers, Ethiopian Civil War, 1974-1991, War and Violence, Ethiopians
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Copyright © 2000 California Newsreel
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February One
produced by Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing, fl. 2003 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2004), 57 mins
In one remarkable day, four college freshmen changed the course of American history. February One tells the inspiring story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that revitalized the Civil Rights Movement and set an example of student militancy for the coming decade. This moving film shows how a sm...
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produced by Rebecca Cerese and Steven Channing, fl. 2003 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2004), 57 mins
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In one remarkable day, four college freshmen changed the course of American history. February One tells the inspiring story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that revitalized the Civil Rights Movement and set an example of student militancy for the coming decade. This moving film shows how a small group of determined individuals can galvanize a mass movement and focus a nation’s attention on injustice.
Field of Study
Black History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Cerese, Steven Channing, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Colleges and universities, Students, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Lunch Counter Sit-ins, U.S. South, 1960, Black Studies, The Sixties (1960–1974)
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Fintar O Destino
directed by Fernando Vendrell, 1962-; produced by Fernando Vendrell, 1962- and Luís Alvarães, fl. 1991, I.C. Cinema, ACT (Production Company) and David and Golias (Production Company) (California Newsreel, 1998), 1 hour 16 mins
Fintar O Destino has the distinction of being the Library of African Cinema's first sports film - but a sports film with a decidedly African twist. It is the story, familiar from countless Hollywood movies and therefore easily accessible to American audiences, of an over the hill sports hero who holds onto his pas...
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directed by Fernando Vendrell, 1962-; produced by Fernando Vendrell, 1962- and Luís Alvarães, fl. 1991, I.C. Cinema, ACT (Production Company) and David and Golias (Production Company) (California Newsreel, 1998), 1 hour 16 mins
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Fintar O Destino has the distinction of being the Library of African Cinema's first sports film - but a sports film with a decidedly African twist. It is the story, familiar from countless Hollywood movies and therefore easily accessible to American audiences, of an over the hill sports hero who holds onto his past so strongly he destroys his present. Think of Marlon Brando's famous lament from On the Waterfront, "I could've been a contender." At...
Fintar O Destino has the distinction of being the Library of African Cinema's first sports film - but a sports film with a decidedly African twist. It is the story, familiar from countless Hollywood movies and therefore easily accessible to American audiences, of an over the hill sports hero who holds onto his past so strongly he destroys his present. Think of Marlon Brando's famous lament from On the Waterfront, "I could've been a contender." At the same time, this film explores a much more general tension, personal and political, between remaining true to one's dreams or making the best of the limited opportunities around us. In Fintar o Destino this dilemma is posed in terms of an entire nation: whether Cape Verdeans should accept life on these isolated islands or should pursue their often unrealistic ambitions overseas. Indeed, this is a conflict faced by more and more people in the poorer countries of an increasingly mobile world.
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Field of Study
Film, Literature & Language
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Fernando Vendrell, 1962-, Luís Alvarães, fl. 1991, I.C. Cinema, ACT (Production Company), David and Golias (Production Company)
Author / Creator
Fernando Vendrell, 1962-
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Ambition, Soccer, Sports careers, Athletic coaches, Youth, Middle age, Cape Verdeans
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Furious Flower, 1, Roots and First Fruits
directed by John L. Hodges, Jr.; produced by Judith McCray, in Furious Flower, 1 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2005), 1 hour 10 mins
Program I - Roots and First Fruits (60 min) discusses the major influences shaping the creative origins, poetic voice and stylistic approach of these poets. Significant influences include regional language, historic context, geographic location, personal passions and political commitment.
*Houston A. Baker, Jr....
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directed by John L. Hodges, Jr.; produced by Judith McCray, in Furious Flower, 1 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2005), 1 hour 10 mins
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Program I - Roots and First Fruits (60 min) discusses the major influences shaping the creative origins, poetic voice and stylistic approach of these poets. Significant influences include regional language, historic context, geographic location, personal passions and political commitment.
*Houston A. Baker, Jr.
*Nikky Finney
*Askia Touré
*Rita Dove
*Major Jackson
*Lucille Clifton
This 3-part program provides the definitive teaching too...
Program I - Roots and First Fruits (60 min) discusses the major influences shaping the creative origins, poetic voice and stylistic approach of these poets. Significant influences include regional language, historic context, geographic location, personal passions and political commitment.
*Houston A. Baker, Jr.
*Nikky Finney
*Askia Touré
*Rita Dove
*Major Jackson
*Lucille Clifton
This 3-part program provides the definitive teaching tool for exploring the world of today's Black poetry. Providing a more focused, ambitious approach than its 1998 predecessor, Furious Flower II presents outstanding critical scholarship on Black contemporary poetry's origins and trends, its conflicts and consonances. Throughout, notable authors share insights and offer inspiration to fledgling poets about the creative process, and about daily life as a published writer.
Interspersed with these critical conversations are impassioned readings of the most representative poems of each poet. Viewers can watch as one of America's most exciting cultural movements evolves before their eyes and ears.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Performance, Documentary, Interview
Contributor
Judith McCray
Author / Creator
John L. Hodges, Jr.
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
California Newsreel
Series
Furious Flower
Speaker / Narrator
Lucille Clifton, Major Jackson, Rita Dove, 1952-, Askia Muhammad Touré, 1938-, Nikky Finney, 1957-, Houston A. Baker, Jr., 1943-
Person Discussed
Lucille Clifton, Major Jackson, Rita Dove, 1952-, Askia Muhammad Touré, 1938-, Nikky Finney, 1957-, Houston A. Baker, Jr., 1943-
Topic / Theme
Black Studies, African Americans, Brazilians
Copyright Message
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