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Positively black.
- Title
- Positively black. I knew the man Bojangles [videorecording] / WNBC-TV, New York ; produced and directed by Harry McNeill.
- Publication
- United States : WNBC-TV, 1990-05-27.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual VRA-56 Service copy Sc Visual VRB-1541 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-56 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (22 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Program about the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and his contribution to tap dancing, his "Uncle Tom" image and his struggle against discrimination. Colleagues and friends, including Sammy Davis Jr., Honi Coles, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs, Rosetta LeNoire, Cab Calloway, Geoffrey Holder, Pearl Primus, Donald McKayle and William DeForrest offer commentary and memories of Robinson. Excerpts from movies ("Harlem is Heaven," "King for a Day," "The Little Colonel," "The Littlest Rebel," "Over the Top to Bebop," "Stormy Weather") as well as other historic film footage is shown.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Alternative Title
- I knew the man Bojangles.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Television.
- Black films and programs.
- Note
- Show no. 547-12.
- This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, inc.
- Credits (note)
- Executive producer, Charlotte V.M. Ottley ; associate producer, Michelle G. Tinkler ; editor, Dan Cassano.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRB-1541
- OCLC
- NYPG92-F161
- Title
- Positively black. I knew the man Bojangles [videorecording] / WNBC-TV, New York ; produced and directed by Harry McNeill.
- Imprint
- United States : WNBC-TV, 1990-05-27.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Credits
- Executive producer, Charlotte V.M. Ottley ; associate producer, Michelle G. Tinkler ; editor, Dan Cassano.
- Performer
- Host: Gus Heningburg.
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- Added Author
- McNeill, Harry J., production.Heningburg, Gus. HostWNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)World Institute of Black Communications.CEBA Collection.
- Added Title
- I knew the man Bojangles.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRB-1541 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-56.