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Alice Walker : beauty in truth

Title
Alice Walker : beauty in truth / directed by Pratibha Parmar.
Publication
[London] : [Kali Films], 2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Parmar, Pratibha
  • Haq, Shaheen
  • Dennis, Simon
  • Clark, Tena
  • Heintz, Tim
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-
  • Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
  • Jones, Quincy, 1933-
  • Glover, Danny
  • Sapphire, 1950-
  • Steinem, Gloria
  • Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010
  • Ono, Yōko
  • Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
  • Kali Films, production company.
  • Kali8 Productions, production company.
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.
  • Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting, production company.
  • Independent Television Service, production company.
  • 13 Production (Firm), production company.
  • Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
  • Artemis Rising Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Alice Walker made history as the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her groundbreaking novel The Color Purple, in 1983. It was transformed into a Hollywood movie nominated for 11 Oscars and more recently to a successful Broadway musical. This film follows this extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the 20th century. The Color Purple's theme of triumph against the odds is not that different from Alice's own experience. Her early life unfolded in the midst of violent racism and poverty during some of the most turbulent years of profound social and political upheaval in North American history. Her writing was a vital voice at a time when the personal became the political. Featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones, this is a penetrating insight into the life and work of an artist, a self-confessed renegade and passionate human rights activist.
Uniform Title
American masters (Television program)
Alternative Title
Beauty in truth
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Feature films.
Note
  • Wide screen (1.78:1).
  • "Educational DVD"--Container.
  • Originally produced in Great Britain and United States as a motion picture in 2013.
  • DVD extras include: Q & A post world premiere at Queen Elizabeth Hall (2013); Womanism (3 min.); interview with director Pratibha Parmar; audio of Alice Walker reading poem "Remember." DVD-ROM includes academic guide for higher education.
  • "In association with Artemis Rising Foundation."--Container.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Pratibha Parmar ; producers, Shaheen Haq, Pratbha Parmar ; cinematographer, Simon Dennis ; editors, Pratibha Parmar, Paul Monaghan, Linda Peckham ; composers, Tena R. Clark, Tim Heintz ; a Kali Films LTD and Kali8 Productions LLC and American Masters for THIRTEEN production ; in co-production with Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation and the Independent Television Service ; a film by Pratibha Parmar.
System Details (note)
  • DVD; NTSC; region 1; stereo surround.
Contents
Introduction -- Early life -- An activist/writer emerges -- The writer's life -- Zora -- The color purple & controversy -- The line of life -- Love -- Humanity -- Quintessential -- Bliss.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1546
OCLC
906711315
Title
Alice Walker : beauty in truth / directed by Pratibha Parmar.
Publisher
[London] : [Kali Films], 2013.
Country of Producing Entity
Great Britain.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video region 1
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; stereo surround.
Performer
With Alice Walker, Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire, Howard Zinn, Yoko Ono, Angela Y. Davis.
Credits
Screenwriter, Pratibha Parmar ; producers, Shaheen Haq, Pratbha Parmar ; cinematographer, Simon Dennis ; editors, Pratibha Parmar, Paul Monaghan, Linda Peckham ; composers, Tena R. Clark, Tim Heintz ; a Kali Films LTD and Kali8 Productions LLC and American Masters for THIRTEEN production ; in co-production with Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation and the Independent Television Service ; a film by Pratibha Parmar.
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Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
Added Author
Parmar, Pratibha, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.
Haq, Shaheen, film producer.
Dennis, Simon, cinematographer.
Clark, Tena, composer (expression)
Heintz, Tim, composer (expression)
Walker, Alice, 1944- on-screen participant.
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- on-screen participant.
Jones, Quincy, 1933- on-screen participant.
Glover, Danny, on-screen participant.
Sapphire, 1950- on-screen participant.
Steinem, Gloria, on-screen participant.
Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010, on-screen participant.
Ono, Yōko, on-screen participant.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- on-screen participant.
Kali Films, production company.
Kali8 Productions, production company.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.
Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting, production company.
Independent Television Service, production company.
13 Production (Firm), production company.
Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
Artemis Rising Foundation.
Added Title
American masters (Television program)
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1546
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