Research Catalog

Title

August Wilson [videorecording] / SSR-RTSI Swiss Television production ; producer & director, Matteo Bellinelli.

Publication

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, August.
• Bellinelli, Matteo.
• Adelman, Larry.
• Moore, Edwina.
• Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000.
• California Newsreel (Firm)
• Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft.
• Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana.
• Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Description

1 videocassette (ca. 22 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

Playwright August Wilson talks about his roots in the black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today, and the importance of blues as cultural expression.

Series Statement

In black and white : conversions with Afro-American writers ; pt. 5

Subjects

• Video tapes
• Dramatists, American > 20th century > Interviews
• Blues (Music) > Influence
• American literature > African American authors
• African American dramatists > 20th century > Interviews
• Wilson, August > Interviews

Note

• Originally produced as a television program in 1992.
• "A California Newsreel release."

Credits (note)

• For SSR-RTI: editor, Alberto Eisenhardt ; music, Andre Knecht. For California Newsreel: producer, Larry Adelman ; writer, Barbara Christian ; editor, Christiana Badgley ; music, Mary Watkins.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-1055

OCLC

33149987

Title

August Wilson [videorecording] / SSR-RTSI Swiss Television production ; producer & director, Matteo Bellinelli.

Imprint

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1994.

Series

In black and white : conversions with Afro-American writers ; pt. 5

System Details

VHS.

Performer

Narrator: Edwina Moore.

Credits

For SSR-RTI: editor, Alberto Eisenhardt ; music, Andre Knecht. For California Newsreel: producer, Larry Adelman ; writer, Barbara Christian ; editor, Christiana Badgley ; music, Mary Watkins.

Added Author

Wilson, August.

Bellinelli, Matteo. Producer

Bellinelli, Matteo. Director

Adelman, Larry. Producer

Moore, Edwina. Narrator

Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000.

California Newsreel (Firm)

Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft.

Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana.

Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Publisher No.

FFH 4622 Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Research Call Number

*UGS-1055 [Video]