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Beah: a black woman speaks
- Title
- Beah: a black woman speaks / directed by LisaGay Hamilton.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, [2004?]
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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 DVD-1567 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Beah Richards (1920-2000), actress-poet-activist, shares her wit and wisdom about her life as a black woman in America.
- Alternative Title
- Black woman speaks
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Note
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriter, LisaGay Hamilton ; producers, Neda Armian [and others] ; cinematographer, Sovonto Green ; editor, Kate Amend ; composer, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon, Geri Allen ; Clinica Estetico in association with HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films.
- Awards (note)
- Nominated for a 2005 Emmy Award; AFI Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize; Miami International Film Festival, Audience Award.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1567
- OCLC
- 62115196
- Title
- Beah: a black woman speaks / directed by LisaGay Hamilton.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, [2004?]
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD video all regions
- Performer
- Narrator: [Lisa Gay Hamilton].
- Credits
- Screenwriter, LisaGay Hamilton ; producers, Neda Armian [and others] ; cinematographer, Sovonto Green ; editor, Kate Amend ; composer, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon, Geri Allen ; Clinica Estetico in association with HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films.
- Original Version
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2003.
- Awards
- Nominated for a 2005 Emmy Award; AFI Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize; Miami International Film Festival, Audience Award.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Hamilton, Lisa Gay, 1964- film director, screen writer.Armian, Neda, film producer.Richards, Beah E., on-screen participant.Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- composer.Reagon, Toshi, composer.Allen, Geri, composer.Clinica Estetico, Ltd., production company.HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, production company.Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-1567*UTD-2493 [DVD]