Contributor
Spears, Ross.
Imprint:New York : Films Media Group, 2011.
Description1 videodisc (81 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 -- Tell About the South: "In his 1917 essay, 'The Sahara of the Bozart," H.L. Mencken berated the American South for its artistic and cultural poverty. Within a decade, however, his assertions had become irrelevant. This program depicts the rapid development of Southern American literature during the first half of the 20th century. It explores the work of William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Erskine Caldwell, Margaret Mitchell, John Crowe Ransom, and others. Dramatized readings help to illuminate passages from Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Toomer's Cane, Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel, and Ransom's poem, 'Bells for John Whiteside's daughter'" -- 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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