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A world of ideas.
- Title
- A world of ideas. August Wilson [videorecording] / A presentation of WNET/New York & WTTW/Chicago ; produced and directed by Kate Roth Knull ; associate producer, Lynn Novick ; executive producer, Jack Sameth ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc.
- Publication
- Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOX 521 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (U-matic) (27 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Playwright August Wilson discusses his work and his views with interviewer Bill Moyers. Topics include the role of African Americans in American society, his feelings about the blues as an expression of the Black experience, the importance of the African heritage in Black Americans, African American life as portrayed on stage and in TV's The Cosby show, and related matters.
- Alternative Title
- Interview with August Wilson
- Subjects
- Blacks > Race identity
- African Americans > Cultural assimilation
- Television
- Interviews
- Wilson, August > Political and social views
- Wilson, August > Interviews
- Blacks > Race identity > United States
- African American dramatists > 20th century > Interviews
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Dramatists > 20th century > Interviews
- Race relations > United States
- Blues (Music) > Influence
- Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)
- African American theater > New York (State) > New York
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Interviews.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Edited by Scott P. Doniger.
- Performer (note)
- Host: Bill Moyers.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, Minn., 1988.
- Call Number
- NCOX 521
- OCLC
- 870715684
- Title
- A world of ideas. August Wilson [videorecording] / A presentation of WNET/New York & WTTW/Chicago ; produced and directed by Kate Roth Knull ; associate producer, Lynn Novick ; executive producer, Jack Sameth ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc.
- Imprint
- Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1988.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Edited by Scott P. Doniger.
- Cast
- Host: Bill Moyers.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, Minn., 1988.
- Local Note
- Gift of WNET/New York.
- Added Author
- Wilson, August, interviewee.Moyers, Bill D, interviewer.Knull, Kate Roth, producer.Knull, Kate Roth, director.Novick, Lynn, producer.Sameth, Jack, producer.Doniger, Scott P, editor of moving image work.Public Affairs Television (Firm)WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 521