- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Jerome Robbins questions James Preston about black activists and the civil rights movement. Preston discusses Malcolm X's ideas, influence and assassination; Marcus Garvey; Elijah Muhammed; black Muslims; growth in African-Americans' interest in their African heritage; conflict between violent and nonviolent methods of activism; current race riots. Robbins discusses exchange between Jewish and Arab cultures; the American media and the commodification of the civil rights movement. Robbins, Preston and others discuss the Vietnam war and the military.
- Series Statement
- Jerome Robbins Collection
- Alternative Title
- American Theatre Laboratory workshop
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Note
- Title from original container.
- Very poor picture quality.
- No time/date code on frame.
- Access (note)
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Mar. 13, 1968.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Biography (note)
- American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects and created many exercises, but did not produce any shows. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-6279 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-F313
- Title
Malcolm X discussion [videorecording].
- Imprint
1968.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
- Restricted Access
Permission required.
- Performer
Jerome Robbins, James Preston, Barry Primus and other members of the American Theater Laboratory in conversation.
- Event
Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Mar. 13, 1968.
- Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Biography
American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects and created many exercises, but did not produce any shows. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.
- Added Author
Robbins, Jerome.
Preston, J. A.
Primus, Barry, 1938-
American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)
- Other Title
American Theatre Laboratory workshop
- Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6279 JRC