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Herskovits at the heart of blackness
- Title
- Herskovits at the heart of blackness / directed by Llewellyn M. Smith.
- Publication
- [Berkeley, Calif.] : California Newsreel, c2009.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- This documentary traces the career of Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored The Myth of the Negro Past. Rarely seen archival footage, provocative animation, and unique photo montage re-enactments propel the story and interviews from leading scholars of race and culture forward.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographical films.
- Historical films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Note
- Title from feature.
- Credits (note)
- Producers, Llewellyn M. Smith, Vincent Brown ; executive producer, Christine Herbes-Sommers ; cinematographer, Tom Fahey ; editor, James Rutenbeck ; composers, Darryl Harper, Xavier Davis ; Vital Pictures, ITVS.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Language (note)
- In English.
- Closed captioned.
- Contents
- Herskovits, anthropology & identity -- Jews & blacks : similar experiences? -- Anthropology as a study of race -- "What are you?" -- Rediscovering Africa -- Africanisms in the Americas -- Politics and the production of knowledge -- The myth of the negro past -- Conflicts with black scholars -- The decolonization of Africa -- Reinterpretations and black power -- Who gets to define a people's identity?
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-279
- OCLC
- 319068381
- Title
- Herskovits at the heart of blackness / directed by Llewellyn M. Smith.
- Imprint
- [Berkeley, Calif.] : California Newsreel, c2009.
- Edition
- [Widescreen version].
- System Details
- DVD.
- Performer
- Interviewees: K. Anthony Appiah, Lee D. Baker, Vincent Brown, Johnnetta Cole, Jean Herskovits Corry, Jerry Gershenhorn, Gelya Frank, Mae Ngai.
- Credits
- Producers, Llewellyn M. Smith, Vincent Brown ; executive producer, Christine Herbes-Sommers ; cinematographer, Tom Fahey ; editor, James Rutenbeck ; composers, Darryl Harper, Xavier Davis ; Vital Pictures, ITVS.
- Language
- In English.Closed captioned.
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- Added Author
- Smith, Llewellyn, film director.Brown, Vincent, 1967- film producer.Herbes-Sommers, Christine, film producer.Harper, Darryl, composer.Davis, Xavier, composer.Vital Pictures (Firm), production company.Independent Television Service, production company.California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-279