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Title:

Africa to America to Paris [videorecording] : the migration of black writers / [presented by] Absynthe Programme, La Huit Production ; a film by Jacques Goldstein and Blaise N'Djehoya.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien.--Biography.
Baldwin, James,--1924---Biography.
Wright, Richard,--1908-1960.--Biography.
Himes, Chester B.,--1909---Biography.
Afro-American authors--20th century.--Biography.
Afro-American authors--Paris--Paris--Biography.
Afro-Americans--Paris--Paris--History--20th century.
American literature--Paris--Paris--History and criticism.
American literature--French influences.
Documentary films.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Left Bank (Paris, France)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Goldstein, Jacques.
N'Djehoya, Blaise.
Thomas, Dwayne.
Clark, Tony.
Sullivan, Lester.
Leeming, David Adams, 1937-
Campbell, James, 1951-
Gentry, Herbert, 1919-
Diawara, Manthia, 1953-
Cesaire, Aime.
Fabre, Michel.
Parks, Gordon, 1912-
Van Peebles, Melvin, 1932-
Himes, Lesley.
Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien.
Baldwin, James, 1924-
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Himes, Chester B., 1909-
Absynthe Programmes.
La Huit Productions.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Notes:

Commentary: Lester Sullivan, David Leeming, James Campbell, Herbert Gentry, Manthia Diawara, Aime Cesaire, Michel Fabre, Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, Lesley Himes. Narrators: Dwayne Thomas, Tony Clark.

Summary:

Traces the path of African-American literature from the shores of the U.S. to the Left Bank of Paris at the end of World War II through the late 1960s. The program provides context by first exploring the New Orleans salon poetry of Desdunes and then discussing the historic suppression of black activists in the U.S. after the Harlem Renaissance. This program primarily traces the lives of James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Chester Himes who immigrated to Paris seeking greater intellectual freedom. Includes remembrances of fellow artists and readings from their diaries and works.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40123461

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)