Title Possessing the secret of joy / producers, Gillian Greenwood, Susan Shaw ; director, Susan Shaw ; [a LWT Production in association with RM Arts]

Published Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany : Monarda Arts, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (51 minutes) Summary The African-American author of the internationally-acclaimed book The Color Purple has been a political activist for the civil rights and women's movements since the early 1960s. Interviewed at the time of the publication of her controversial novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker discusses its subject - female genital mutilation. With archive film, dramatised extracts from the book and documentary sequences, this programme confronts a disturbing issue Notes Title from title screen (viewed January 18, 2022) Credits Edited & presented by Melvyn Bragg Performer Interviewee: Alice Walker Notes In English Subject Walker, Alice, 1944- -- Interviews SUBJECT Walker, Alice, 1944- fast Subject Female genital mutilation Women -- Africa -- Psychology African American women -- Psychology African American women -- Psychology Female genital mutilation Women -- Psychology Africa Genre/Form interviews. Biographical television programs Documentary television programs Interviews Nonfiction television programs Documentary television programs. Biographical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Interviews. Documentaires télévisés. Biographies télévisées. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Interviews. Form Streaming video Author Shaw, Susan (Television producer and director), director, producer. Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- host, editor of moving image work. Greenwood, Gillian, producer Walker, Alice, 1944- interviewee. London Weekend Television (Firm), production company. RM Arts (Firm), production company. Monarda Arts (Firm), film distributor.

Other Titles South Bank show. Alice Walker South Bank show. Alice Walker : Possessing the secret of joy Alice Walker Alice Walker : Possessing the secret of joy South Bank show. Possessing the secret of joy OTHER TI In series: South Bank show (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005077553

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