| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : sound, color |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Pioneers (41 min.) -- pt. 2. Theatre of our own (37 min.) -- pt. 3. The Black theatre and beyond (35 min.) |
| Summary |
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement documents the birth of a new theatre out of the Civil Rights activism of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. It is a veritable video encyclopedia of the leading figures, institutions and events of a movement that transformed the American stage. Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange describe their aspirations for a theatre serving the Black community. Excerpts of A Raisin in the Sun, Black Girl, Dutchman and For Colored Girls... reveal how these actors and playwrights laid the basis for the Black theater of the present. "An extraordinary documentary...A must for every contemporary theatre course." - Margaret Wilkerson, former Director, Center for Theatre Arts, U.C. Berkeley "Brilliantly captures the essence, soul and spirit of the Movement...Required viewing." - Larry Hamlin, National Black Theatre Festival |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Credits |
Director of photography, James Malloy; film editor, Franklin Manno; music, John Lewis Sound |
| Performer |
Interviewers: Woodie King, Joan Sandler, Ed Pitt; interviewees: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lonnie Elder III, Lloyd Richards, James Earl Jones, Amiri Baraka, Vinette Carroll, Ed Bullins, Richard Wesley, Ntozake Shange |
| Event |
Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1978 |
| Notes |
In English with optional closed captioning |
| Subject |
African American theater -- History -- 20th century
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African American actors -- 20th century
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African American authors -- History -- 20th century
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African American theater.
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African American actors.
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African American authors.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
King, Woodie, Jr., 1937- film director.
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Jones, James Earl, actor.
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