Contributor
Spears, Ross.
Imprint:New York : Films Media Group, 2011.
Description1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Originally produced in 1996 by the James Agee Film Project, Charlottesville, VA.
Note:The series contains three parts: 1. Tell about the South [1915-1940] -- 2. Prophets and poets [1941-1962] -- 3. Let freedom ring [1963 to the new century]
Note:DVD summary: "As America began to confront the injustices of Jim Crow, a new generation of literary voices rose up from below the Mason-Dixon Line -- voices that spoke not just to the soul of the South but to the nation's. This program examines Southern American literature from the early 1960s to today's literary landscape. It highlights the work of Walker Percy, Alice Walker, William Styron, Ernest Gaines, Reynolds Price, Alex Haley, Margaret Walker, Lee Smith, Larry Brown, Clyde Edgerton, Pat Conroy, and others. Interviews with many of these authors, including Alice Walker and William Styron, are also featured. Dramatized readings help to illuminate passages from Percy's The Moviegoer, Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Lee Smith's Fair and Tender Ladies." -- from container cover
Note:Series summary: Voices in Black and White: the history of modern southern literature: "How did the poorest, least-educated, most racially troubled region in the United States produce so many first-rate writers? This classic three-part series by award-winning filmmaker Ross Spears explores the nuances and complexity of 20th-century Southern literature and the fascinating relationship between its white and African-American traditions. Viewers will encounter compelling interviews with some of the greatest contemporary Southern writers, including William Styron, Eudora Welty, Alice Walker, Reynolds Price, Ernest Gaines, Pat Conroy, Nikki Giovanni, and many others. Several prestigious scholars, including Robert Coles, Shelby Foote, and John Hope Franklin, are also featured in the project." -- from container cover
System Details NotesDVD.
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