Conversations With Ilan Stavans: Julia Alvarez 200-
Patricia Alvarado Nuńez, Joseph Tovares, Bill Francis, Ilan Stavans, WGBH Educational Foundation, and Insight Media (Firm)
Dominican American author Julia Alvarez and Ilan Stavans discuss the evolution of her work and her status as a successful Latino author. 1 videodisc (26 min.)
MEDIA 10-1135
Emerson the ideal in America c2007
Jim Manley, David A Beardsley, Stephen D Newman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute
"The first video biography of 'America's Founding Thinker,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's belief in 'the infinitude of the private man' still resonates with spiritual seekers today. Most people know Emerson's essay, 'Self-Reliance,' but there is much more to the fascinating life of the man and his circle, which included Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Margaret Fuller. The video features interviews with well-known Emerson scholars, including Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of Emerson: The mind on fire. You will never look at Emerson--or yourself--quite the same way again"--Cover. 1 videorecording (53 min.)
MEDIA 10-1468
Eugene O'Neill a documentary film 2006, c2005
Ric Burns, Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb, Marilyn Ness, Steve Rivo, Robin Espinola, Mary Recine, Christopher Plummer, Al Pacino, Zoe Caldwell, Robert Sean Leonard, Callie Thorne, Vanessa Redgrave, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Jason Robards, Brian Keane, Steeplechase Films Inc, and PBS Home Video
Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity. 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.)
MEDIA 10-2138
Every child is born a poet the life & work of Piri Thomas c2003
Jonathan Meyer Robinson, Piri Thomas, Eric Camacho, Carlos Santiago, Jeremy Sanchez, Steve Rosario, Jose Oliveras, Adam Beckman, Kip Hanrahan, Sonia Rosario, Independent Television Service, Latino Public Broadcasting (Firm), and When in Doubt Productions
Through poetry, stories, and performance, Piri Thomas, author of the autobiographical novel Down these mean streets, looks back on his life as the son of Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants, recounting his childhood in New York during the Great Depression, his membership in barrio youth gangs, his struggle with his mixed-race identity, his life as a heroin addict and armed robber, his six years in prison, and his emergence as a writer and educator. The film explores Thomas' utilization of creative expression as a means of confronting poverty, racism, violence and isolation. 1 videodisc (59 min.) :
MEDIA 10-2310
Fully awake Black Mountain College c2006
Cathryn Davis Zommer, Neeley House, and ElonDoc
A documentary film about the experimental college based in North Carolina from 1933-1957 and its enormous influence on community, collaboration, and American modern art. Looks at the unique educational style and long term significance of Black Mountain College through interviews with students, teachers, historians, and current artists. 1 videodisc (60 min.)
MEDIA 10-1888
James Welch c2004
James Welch, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, Claudio Belotti, Robert Lanchester, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
The Native American experience is portrayed in conversations with James Welch. 1 videodisc (48 min.)
MEDIA 10-1201
Salvation c2003
Bruce R Schwartz, Arlene Sarner, Gary LeRoi Gray, Ella Joyce, Haskell V Anderson, Ibrahim Muhammad, Langston Hughes, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), and Heinle (Firm)
A dramatization of "Salvation," Langston Hughes's autobiographical story that illustrates how his aunt's well-meaning efforts to bring him into the spiritual fold resulted in a moral crisis. 1 videodisc (31 min.)
MEDIA 10-1078
Zora Neale Hurston jump at the sun c2008
Kristy Andersen, Sam Pollard, Kim Brockington, Marceline Hugot, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marian Hunter, Don Vappie, Bay Bottom News (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and California Newsreel (Firm)
A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon. 1 videodisc (83 min.)
MEDIA 10-1408
Agee 1978
Ross Spears and James Agee
Reviews the life and career of James Agee, one of the most talented American writers of our time. In his short career, Agee worked as poet, journalist, film critic, screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. His story is told here by those who knew him best, including John Huston, Walker Evans, Robert Fitzgerald, Dwight Macdonald, Father Flye, and Agee's three wives. The film also features the words of James Agee. 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
MEDIA 2-1502
Alex Haley a conversation with Alex Haley 1992
Alex Haley, Matteo Bellinelli, and Robert Lanchester
Alex Haley recounts the transformation of a college drop-out into one of America's most powerful non-fiction writers. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
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Alice Walker a conversation with Alice Walker 1992
Alice Walker, Matteo Bellinelli, and Edwin A Moore
Alice Walker shares with us her remarkable spiritual journey from a sharecropping childhood in rural Georgia to the peace and creativity of her present retreat in Northern California. She reads from her poetry and discusses contemporary America with an anger and urgency rooted in an abiding optimism. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 389 2-1973
Arthur Miller an interview 1997
Arthur Miller, Alan Yentob, and Kevin Loader
"Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller speaks about his life and career"--Container. 1 videocassette (75 min.)
DANA 1643
As I remember it a portrait of Dorothy West 1991
Salem Mekuria and Dorothy A Gallagher
From the perspective of her 83 years, the still-active African-American writer Dorothy West relates her memories of growing up black, privileged and enthralled by literature. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
MEDIA 2-5032
August Wilson a conversation with August Wilson 1992
August Wilson, Edwin A Moore, and Matteo Bellinelli
Playwright August Wilson talks about his roots in the black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today, and the importance of blues as cultural expression. 1 videocassette (22 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 365 2-1974
Beah a black woman speaks 2003
Lisa Gay Hamilton, Neda Armian, Beah E Richards, Clinica Estetico, Ltd, HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, and Women Make Movies (Firm)
Beah Richards (1920-2000), actress-poet-activist, shares her wit and wisdom about her life as a black woman in America. 1 videocassette (91 min.)
MEDIA 2-6934
Bharati Mukherjee : conquering America 1994
Bharati Mukherjee, Bill D Moyers, and Gail Pellet
Writer Bharati Mukherjee discusses America's newest Asian immigrants like herself, as well as the tension, struggles, and dreams in the enculturation process. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
MEDIA 2-2584
Bill Moyers presents a conversation with Alice Walker 2004
Alice Walker, Bill D Moyers, Public Affairs Television (Firm), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
A leading voice among American writers, Alice Walker has published books of influential poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and criticism. In this program, Ms. Walker talks with Bill Moyers ..."--Container. 1 videodisc (58 min.)
DANA 227
The cask of amontillado 1982
The classic story of horror and revenge, involving a specially prepared chamber where prized amontillado is supposed to be stored, is told in pictures with narration. 1 videocassette (18 min.)
DANA 963
Charles Johnson a conversation with Charles Johnson 1992
Charles Richard Johnson, Matteo Bellinelli, and Edwin A Moore
Johnson describes his literary objective: to explore classic, metaphysical questions from East and West against the backdrop of African life and history. 1 videocassette (27 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 364 2-1970
Chester Himes the long climb 1996
Rex Barnett and Barbara Faison
A program on the life of novelist Chester Himes, who began writing while he was in prison and achieved fame for his detective stories. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
DANA 1255
Conversations With Ilan Stavans: Julia Alvarez 200-
Patricia Alvarado Nuńez, Joseph Tovares, Bill Francis, Ilan Stavans, WGBH Educational Foundation, and Insight Media (Firm)
Dominican American author Julia Alvarez and Ilan Stavans discuss the evolution of her work and her status as a successful Latino author. 1 videodisc (26 min.)
MEDIA 10-1135
Conversations with playwrights Arthur Miller and Israel Horovitz 1997, 1970
Arthur Miller, Israel Horovitz, and Ralph Curtis
A conversation with playwrights, Arthur Miller and Israel Horovitz, about the role of the artist in contemporary society, focusing on the artist as private man, public man and political man. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
DANA 927
Cowboy poets 1989
Kim Shelton, Slim Kite, Wallace McRae, and Waddie Mitchell
American cowboys have been writing and reciting poetry for more than a century. This little known literary tradition both belies the macho image of these Western heroes and serves as an imaginative form of oral history. Cowboy Poets travels to the Big Sky country of Nevada, Montana and Arizona to celebrate this tradition and to introduce these working cowboys who write poetry about the life and land they love. 1 videocassette (53 min.)
MEDIA 2-1477
Culture shock 2000
Marsha Bemko, Ellen Barkin, Dion Graham, Rachelle Ferrell, Courtney B Vance, and John Lithgow
Series of four documentaries explores why particular works or forms of art became (and some remain) controversial, gives points of view on the effects of the arts on individuals and on society, and addresses censorship and education. Each also is a self-contained documentary that analyses the particular form or work and presents the cultural milieu in which it was created. 4 videocassettes (270 min.)
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Edith Wharton the sense of harmony c2000
Edith Wharton, James Lord, Lisa Liebmann, Elizabeth Lennard, Danielle Mémoire, Béatrice Barbat, Frédéric Robbes, Pamela R Peabody, Films for the Humanities (Firm), and France 3 cinéma (Firm)
Various works by Wharton are discussed. Archival photos, period footage, Wharton's correspondence, and readings from her oeuvre are used to show a portrait of a complex individual whose portrayal of society still resonates today. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA 2-7387
Emerson the ideal in America c2007
Jim Manley, David A Beardsley, Stephen D Newman, and Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute
"The first video biography of 'America's Founding Thinker,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's belief in 'the infinitude of the private man' still resonates with spiritual seekers today. Most people know Emerson's essay, 'Self-Reliance,' but there is much more to the fascinating life of the man and his circle, which included Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Margaret Fuller. The video features interviews with well-known Emerson scholars, including Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of Emerson: The mind on fire. You will never look at Emerson--or yourself--quite the same way again"--Cover. 1 videorecording (53 min.)
MEDIA 10-1468
For my people the life and writing of Margaret Walker 1998
Judith McCray
Through interviews with writers, scholars, and Walker herself, this documentary examines the life and work of Margaret Walker,focusing on the influence that her writing had on Black women writers. 1 videocassette (28 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 1639 2-5981
Fully awake Black Mountain College c2006
Cathryn Davis Zommer, Neeley House, and ElonDoc
A documentary film about the experimental college based in North Carolina from 1933-1957 and its enormous influence on community, collaboration, and American modern art. Looks at the unique educational style and long term significance of Black Mountain College through interviews with students, teachers, historians, and current artists. 1 videodisc (60 min.)
MEDIA 10-1888
Gerald Vizenor 1995
Gerald Robert Vizenor, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, and Robert Lanchester
Gerald Vizenor discusses his life, his experiences as journalist and social worker, his self identity, and his work. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-5458
Gertrude Stein when this you see, remember me 1989?, 1970
Perry Miller Adato and Gertrude Stein
Portrays events in the life of Gertrude Stein--hostess, art collector, friend of famous artists, and self-proclaimed genius--in Paris in the early twentieth century, using the author's words and the words of her friends to present a portrait of the woman. 3 videocassettes (90 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2031 cassette 1 2-2032 cassette 2 2-2033 cassette 3
Gloria Naylor a conversation with Gloria Naylor 1992
Gloria Naylor, Edwin A Moore, and Matteo Bellinelli
Writer Gloria Naylor speaks on the influence of other black women writers, the influence of a southern background, early involvement with religion, learning to articulate one's experience, writing in different voices, and writing to explore one's beliefs. 1 videocassette (21 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 390 2-1971
Identifiable qualities a film on Toni Morrison 1990, 1989
Margaret Busby and Sindamani Bridglal
Interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning black novelist Toni Morrison. She addresses the events of the Sixties which led her to write her first novel The Bluest Eye; the use of personal experiences as sources for her strong, black female characters; and the advantage to publishers of placing black writers in the mainstream. 1 videocassette (26 min.)
MEDIA 2-1270
In motion Amiri Baraka 1989?
St. Clair Bourne, Lou Potter, Imamu Amiri Baraka, and Carvin Eison
Documentary covering Baraka from his early days in Greenwich Village to his present (1982) literary and political activities. Focuses on the final 2 weeks before his sentencing at federal court on the charges of resisting arrest. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-2243
Into the morning Willa Cather's America 1988
Richard Schickel, Hal Holbrook, and Gena Rowlands
Portrays the life, work, and times of writer Willa Cather. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-3614
James Baldwin 2004
Bob Portway, Clark Television, BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
"This program covers Baldwin's life, from his youth in Harlem to later years as an expatriate in Paris to his death in 1987. Interviews with the author, his contemporaries, and critics create an intriguing portrait of Baldwin the man, the writer, and avid civil rights activist. The program explores Baldwin's views on the African-American experience through his writings"--Container. 1 videodisc (54 min.)
DANA 141
James Baldwin the price of the ticket 1989
Karen Thorson
Opening with the funeral of James Baldwin, this film traces the life history and accomplishments of this great black writer. Includes interviews with friends and colleagues, including Maya Angelou, Amin Baraka, his brother David, and his mother Berdis. 1 videocassette (ca. 87 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 363 2-997
James Welch c2004
James Welch, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, Claudio Belotti, Robert Lanchester, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
The Native American experience is portrayed in conversations with James Welch. 1 videodisc (48 min.)
MEDIA 10-1201
John Wideman a conversation with John Wideman 1992
John Edgar Wideman, Matteo Bellinelli, and Edwin A Moore
Wideman candidly discusses the dilemma of the committed African American intellectual torn between the urban underclass and a predominantly white, middle class literary audience. He writes because "African Americans have to carry alternative versions of reality in our heads and the model for doing that exists in art.". 1 videocassette (26 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 366 2-1975
Kerouac 1999?
John Antonelli, John Tytell, Frank Cervarich, Jack Coulter, Peter Coyote, Mystic Fire Video, Inc, and Fox Lorber Associates
Examines Kerouac's life beginning with his impoverished Catholic boyhood, through his development as one of the most important modern American authors, to his self-destructive demise at the age of 47. 1 videocassette (72 min.)
(set) DANA 1919
Leslie M. Silko 1995
Matteo Bellinelli, Leslie Silko, Andrea Belloni, and Claudio Belotti
"Silko discusses her own background and the interrelationship between her smaller, immediate Indian world and the larger brutal surrounding world"--Container. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-2587
Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris searching for a Native American identity 1994
Bill D Moyers, Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, and Catherine Tatge
Bill Moyers interviews husband and wife writing team Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris who discuss their literary collaboration, their shared thinking based upon their like backgrounds as mixed-blood Native Americans, and the Native American characters who people their novels. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
MEDIA 2-5455
Mark Twain 2001
Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan, Geoffrey C Ward, and Keith David
Recounts Mark Twain's life, told primarily through his own words. 2 videocassettes (220 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-4359 cassette 1 2-4360 cassette 2
Mark Twain's America 1993
Howard Lindsay, Donald B Hyatt, and Richard Hanser
Over 1,000 period photos eloquently reveal Mark Twain's rich and varied life. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
DANA 1890
Master smart woman a portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett 1984
Jane Morrison, C. L Keyworth, Frances Sternhagen, and Mary Stuart
Portrait of 19th century writer Sarah Orne Jewett. A re-evaluation of her contribution to American literature and as a role model and mentor to a new generation of women writers. 1 videocassette (29 min)
MEDIA 2-5112
Maya Angelou 1982
Ronald Blumer, David Grubin, Maya Angelou, and Bill D Moyers
Thirty years after she left it, Maya Angelou, poet, musician, and actress, returns to Stamps, Ark., the rural southern town where she grew up. She confronts the scenes of her past, turning over the leaves of memory to recount the inspirations and agonies of her youth in a segregated community. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 1023 2-3552
A meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1907) and the Harlem Renaissance with the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) 1992
Isaac Julien, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, Bruce Nugent, Essex Hemphill, and James Baldwin
A surreal dramatization, including documentary film clips, of Langston Hughes' milieu in the Harlem of the 1930's. The voice-over narration is from the poetry and prose of James Baldwin, Essex Hamphill, Bruce Nugent, and Hilton Als. 1 videocassette (45 min.)
DANA 865
N. Scott Momaday 1995
N. Scott Momaday, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, Robert Lanchester, and Claudio Belotti
The Native American experience is portrayed in conversations with author and artist N. Scott Momaday. 1 videocassette (50 min.)
MEDIA 2-2586
The Odyssey of John Dos Passos 1993
Stephen Talbot, Ruth Pollak, William Hurt, and Robert MacNeil
This documentary chronicles the life and work of one of America's most innovative and controversial writers. Tells his story through rare archival footage, interviews with family, and excerpts from diaries, letters and literary works. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-4207
Paule Marshall 1994
Paule Marshall, Michael Silverblatt, and Dan Griggs
"Paule Marshall, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, has said that the source of her art is the expressive talk she heard as a girl among the West Indian women in her mother's kitchen. Ms. Marshall...has written four novels and two collections of stories. On April 12, 1994, she read from Daughters and talked with Michael Silverblatt in Los Angeles."--Container. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
DANA 726
Professor Edward Said in lecture the myth of the "Clash of civilizations" c1998
Edward W Said, Sut Jhally, and Media Education Foundation
In this lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Edward Said in a critique of the groundbreaking book by Samuel Huntington takes aim at one of the central tenents of recent foreign policy thinking - that conflicts between different and clashing "civilizations" (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world. Said argues that collapsing complex, diverse and contradictory groups of people into vast, simplistic abstractions has disastrous consequences. Presenting instead a vision of the "coexistence" of difference, Said concludes with the fundamental challenge that faces humanity at the turn of the millennium. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3626 2-7258
Profile of a writer Gore Vidal 1979
Hans-Jorg Weyhmuller and Gore Vidal
The series, Profile of a writer, provides a glimpse into the real lives of the writers whose words have fascinated us over the years. This volume focuses on Gore Vidal, one of the most controversial American writers of our day. He has been a politician, novelist, play wright and movie maker--but above all, he is society's observer. In this presentation he talks about relatives-in-law, the Kennedys, as well as about some of his fellow writers--Hemmingway, Capote, Mailer. Extracts from his movie Myra Breckinridge and dramatizations of highlights from his novel, Creation are also included. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA 2-1475
Ralph Ellison an American journey 2001
Avon Kirkland, Andre Braugher, Ralph Ellison, John Amos, Paul Benjamin, and Jacques C Smith
"First documentary on one of the most gifted and intellectually provocative authors of modern American literature ... presents the first scenes ever filmed from Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible man"--Container. 1 videocassette (87 min.)
DANA 1634
Ralph Ellison the self-taught writer 1995
Rex Barnett and Steve Coulter
Ralph Ellison, one of the premier writers of the 20th century, was a man whose life was intricately entwined with black culture in America, yet whose writings were a beacon for people of all races. 1 videocassette (25 min.)
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Richard Rodriguez victim of two cultures 1994
Betsy McCarthy, Bill D Moyers, and Richard Rodriguez
Presents Rodriguez's experiences of growing up in America as the son of immigrants, the loss of his "Mexican soul", and his first exposure to American culture. Discussion focuses also on the differences between Mexican and American cultures, including Rodriguez' observations on America's growing sense of loss and the essence of American society today. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
DANA 695
Richard Wright, black boy 1994
Madison Davis Lacy and J. A Preston
The life and influence of writer Richard Wright are shown through interviews with his biographers and critics interspersed with dramatic scenes from his life and writings. 1 videocassette (86 min. 40 sec.)
DANA. MEDIA 447 2-2620
Robert Creeley 70th birthday reading : St. Marks Church 1996 1996?
Robert Creeley and Mitch Corber
For love -- Anger -- Mazatlan sea -- Histoire du FloridaRobert Creeley talks about and reads selected poems from various stages of his career. 1 videocassette (55 min.)
DANA 1187
Robert Frost, a first acquaintance 1988, 1974
Robert Frost recites and discusses his early poems which were based on his experiences as a New Hampshire farmer. His daughter Leslie Frost, at the family farm, discusses his poetry and poetic theory with a group of local school children. 1 videocassette (16 min.)
MEDIA 2-3621
The source 1999
Chuck Workman, Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro, Norman Mailer, and Neal Cassady
Filmmaker Chuck Workman takes a trip back to the '60s with this chronicle of the Beat Generation and its icons Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. 1 videocassette (88 min.)
MEDIA 2-3996
The stories of Maxine Hong Kingston 1994
Maxine Hong Kingston, Bill D Moyers, and Leslie Clark
Bill Moyers interviews Maxine Hong Kingston who discusses her experiences as a writer of autobiographical fiction, and of growing up as a first generation Chinese American. 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 1763 2-2585
T. Corraghessan Boyle world's end 1991
T. Coraghessan Boyle, Bruce Burger, and Tom Vitale
T. Coraghessan Boyle discusses his life and most recent book, The world's end. 1 videocassette (30 min.)
MEDIA 2-1630
The Ten year lunch the wit and legend of the Algonquin Round Table 1987
Aviva Slesin
From 1919 to 1929 in New York City's Algonquin Hotel, a group of poets, novelists, playwrights, critics, humorists and editors met each day to lunch and to exchange opinions, gossip and the most cutting wit of the day. The core members of the Round Table included Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Edna Ferber, Harpo Marx, Alexander Woollcott, George S. Kaufman, Franklin Pierce Adams, Harold Ross, Robert Sherwood, Marc Connelly and Heywood Broun. This film documents the lives and times of these men and women whose legacy of humor and literary sophistication remains influential in American culture today. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA D-436
Tennessee Williams and the American South 1999
Ilona Grundmann, Peter Reichelt, and Gary Bautell
Discusses the life of the playwright, his family, the social and economic situation of the South and the effect these had on his writing. 1 videocassette (45 min.)
DANA 1676
Three women artists Anna Sokolow, Alice Neel, Muriel Rukhauser [i.e. Rukeyser] 1998
Lucille Rhodes, Margaret Murphy, Anna Sokolow, Alice Neel, and Muriel Rukeyser
Anna Sokolow, choreographer (18 min.) -- Alice Neel, painter (18 min.) -- Muriel Rukeyser, poet (18 min.)Describes the careers and lives of three American women artists. Follow the outstanding choreographer of the twentieth century, Anna Sokolow, and famous figure painter Alice Neel, along with poet Muriel Rukeyser as they explain their interesting, yet diverse careers as artists. 1 videocassette (56 min.)
DANA 1633
Toni Morrison a conversation with Toni Morrison 1992
Toni Morrison, Edwin A Moore, and Matteo Bellinelli
This video introduces one of the most widely acclaimed contemporary American writers--Toni Morrison. A leading figure in the in the movement for a new multicultural American literary canon, she explains that "American literature is incoherent without the contributions of African Americans.". 1 videocassette (25 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 388 2-1972
Toni Morrison a writer's work 1994
Toni Morrison, Bill D Moyers, and Gail Pellett
In this interview with Bill Moyers from the New York Public Library, Morrison discusses the characters in her work, the people in her life, the power of love, and how the invented world of fiction connects to life. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
MEDIA 2-2965
Visions of the spirit a portrait of Alice Walker 1988
Elena Featherston
Explores the roots of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker's Southern Black feminist consciousness through in-depth conversations with the writer and members of her family. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
MEDIA 2-712
Voices of power 2000
Michael J Schmiedeler, Gus Gnorski, Bell Hooks, Alice Walker, Martha L Wharton, and Valerie Lee
This program examines the emergence of African-American women as popular and powerful voices of social conscience. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
MEDIA 2-5308
W.E.B. Du Bois a biography in four voices 1995
Louis Massiah, Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis , Toni Cade Bambara, and Imamu Amiri Baraka
In this film, four prominent African American writers, Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka each narrate a period of his life and describe his impact on their work. 1 videocassette (116 min.)
MEDIA 2-2904
W.E.B. DuBois of Great Barrington 1992
Lillian Baulding
Traces the life of W.E.B. DuBois from his birth in Great Barrington, Massachusetts through his years in Ghana, Africa. This biographical program examines his life through archival footage, photographs, and interviews with people who knew him. 1 videocassette (58 min.)
DANA. MEDIA 1531 2-4239
Walt Whitman sweet bird of freedom 1997
Philip E Schmidt, Marcelo M Cruz, Dal McKennon, and Willard Manus
An aging Walt Whitman gives insight about his life and his art. We learn about the frustrations he has endured as a poet, and of his disappointing relationships with his publishers, editors, and contemporary Ralph Waldo Emerson. Portions of poems from Leaves of grass are interwoven throughout. 1 videocassette (29 min.)
MEDIA 2-3711
What happened to Kerouac? 1986
Richard Lerner, Lewis MacAdams, Nathaniel Dorsky, Malcolm Hart, and Eve Levy
This is a masterful film biography of the great American writer Jack Kerouac, who inspired and defined the Beat Generation. The images come from poets, ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, a daughter, a priest, and the incredible footage of Kerouac on the Steve Allen (1959) and William Buckley (1968) television shows. 1 videocassette (96 min.)
DANA 1483
Where the heart roams 1987, 1994
Paul George Csicsery
People who create romance -- The journalist -- Chelley's story -- Sensuality & sex -- The hero -- The heroine -- The protege -- Ten months laterMeet Barbara Cartland, Janet Dailey, Jude Deveraux, Rebecca Brandewyne and more in this look into the world of romance writers and their fans. Authors and editors debate about sexual content of romantic novels, types of characters, and even how to write about kissing. 1 videocassette (81 min.)
MEDIA 2-3386
William S. Burroughs commissioner of sewers 1991, 1990
William S Burroughs, Klaus Maeck, and Jürgen Ploog
Interweaves footage from Burrough's public readings, experimental films in which he appears, his paintings, and an extensive interview with German writer Jürgen Ploog. 1 videocassette(60 min.)
MEDIA 2-2034
The World of Piri Thomas 1980?
Piri Thomas, Gordon Parks, and Dick McCutchen
Piri Thomas, painter, author, and former convict and drug addict, describes the life of a Puerto Rican in New York City's Spanish Harlem. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-5133
Writing women's lives 1999
Isabel Allende, Harriet Doerr, June Jordan, Doris May Lessing, Bharati Mukherjee, Mona Simpson, Gloria Steinem, Amy Tan, Nigel Sanders-Self, and Melissa Sanders-Self
Eight prominent contemporary women authors tell about what matters to them in regared to childhood, love, marriage and children, starting out, the process, publishing, politics, philosophy, success and motivation. 1 videocassette (60 min.)
MEDIA 2-176
Zora is my name! 2003
Zora Neale Hurston, Zora Neale Hurston, Iris Merlis, Neema Barnette, Ruby Dee, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Flip Wioson, Oscar Brown, Paula Kelly, Rober E Mosley, Beah E Richards, Count Stovall, and Lynn Whitfield
Dramatiization of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote of the folklore of the rural south. 1 videocassette (88 min.)
DANA 1813
Zora Neale Hurston a heart with room for every joy c2006
Paul Iacono, Russell Hornsby, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Illuminating biography of Hurston--a compelling story of a free spirit who achieved national prominency yet died in obscurity--examines the rich legacy of her writings. 1 videodisc (42 min.)
DANA 234
Zora Neale Hurston jump at the sun c2008
Kristy Andersen, Sam Pollard, Kim Brockington, Marceline Hugot, S. Epatha Merkerson, Marian Hunter, Don Vappie, Bay Bottom News (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and California Newsreel (Firm)
A biography of African American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, the first black woman to enter the American literary canon. 1 videodisc (83 min.)
MEDIA 10-1408