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Title

The HistoryMakers presents An evening with Belafonte ; An evening with Berry Gordy ; An evening with the HistoryMakers : Chicago stories.

Publication

• Chicago, Illinois : HistoryMakers, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Glover, Danny
• Ifill, Gwen
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), filmmaker, publisher.

Description

3 videodiscs (approximately 57 min. each) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• An evening with Harry Belafonte was taped on November 2, 2000 at the Art Institute of Chicago, in front of a live audience. The hour-long, PBS-TV live-to-tape interview program was hosted by Belafonte's friend and fellow actor/humanitarian, Danny Glover. Belafonte has appeared in countless performances and been honored throughout his life with many awards, but An evening with Harry Belafonte provides a rare look inside the life and times that made him a legend. Studying at the famed Dramatic Workshop in New York City, and becoming involved in the legendary Negro Ensemble Theatre before starring in movies like Calypso and Carmen Jones, Belafonte was also driven to support humanitarian causes, including marching with Martin Luther King, the Free South Africa movement, the "We are the world" recording session and UNICEF.
• An evening with Berry Gordy was taped on November 16, 2012, before a live theater audience at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hosted by the late award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill, An evening with Berry Gordy is a must-see, live-to-tape one-on-one interview with Berry Gordy that leads the audience through Gordy's celebrated life as entrepreneur, songwriter, record producer, movie director and producer who has left an indelible influence on music and films both nationally and internationally. The show begins in Detroit, where Gordy founded Motown Records in 1959, and where he would grow the company into the most successful African American-owned enterprise in the United States, creating the new, revolutionary, "Motown sound" along the way. It includes performances of old and new school Motown tributes by Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson), KEM, Janelle Monae, Brandon Dixon, and Valisia LeKae.
• An evening with the HistoryMakers: Chicago stories was taped in Chicago on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Art Institute of Chicago in front of a standing room only audience. Hosted by actor/producer Harry Lennix and actress/director Regina Taylor with music provided by music producer/vocalist Terisa Griffin and her eight piece band, An evening with the HistoryMakers: Chicago stories showcases for the first time the amazingly rich history of Chicago's African American community, a richness that many need to be reminded of amidst the violence and turmoil that has plagued Chicago. Stories from the archives demonstrate the significance of Chicago's African American leadership in the areas of music, fashion, business, the arts, civil rights, and politics. It reminds viewers why Chicago was a destination for hundreds of thousands of African Americans seeking a better life throughout the 20th century.

Series Statement

An evening with... series

Uniform Title

Evening with... series.

Alternative Title

• Evening with Belafonte ; An evening with Berry Gordy ; An evening with the HistoryMakers : Chicago stories
• Harry Belafonte, Berry Gordy and Chicago stories
• Evening with Belafonte.
• Evening with Berry Gordy.
• Evening with the HistoryMakers, Chicago stories.

Subject

• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 > Interviews
• Gordy, Berry > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Documentary films.

Note

• Title from container.

Contents

[Disc 1]. An evening with Belafonte & Danny Glover -- [Disc 2]. An evening with Berry Gordy / interviewed by Gwen Ifill -- [Disc 3]. An evening with the HistoryMakers : Chicago stories.

Call Number

Sc DVD-2038

OCLC

1103670566

Title

The HistoryMakers presents An evening with Belafonte ; An evening with Berry Gordy ; An evening with the HistoryMakers : Chicago stories.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : HistoryMakers, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

DVD video

Series

An evening with... series

Evening with... series.

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Added Author

Glover, Danny, interviewer.

Ifill, Gwen, interviewer.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), filmmaker, publisher.

Added Title

Evening with Belafonte.

Evening with Berry Gordy.

Evening with the HistoryMakers, Chicago stories.

Research Call Number

Sc DVD-2038