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Title:

Bearden plays Bearden / Bearden Plays Bearden LLC presents a Third World Cinema production ; written by Billie Allen and Nelson E. Breen ; produced by Richard Bell ; directed by Nelson E. Breen.

Publisher:

Third World Cinema Production,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Bearden, Romare,--1911-1988.
African American artists--Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Breen, Nelson E., author. author.
Bell, Richard E., 1953- production personnel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95027074
Allen, Billie, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00000480
Jones, James Earl, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84002480
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50006433
Third World Cinema Productions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82062299
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86134532

Notes:

Narrator, James Earl Jones. Originally released in 1980. "PBS"--Container spine.

Contents:

disc 1. 28 min. version ; 59 min. version -- disc 2. Bonus features: Influences on Romare Bearden; Conversation: Alvin Ailey, James Baldwin, Bearden & Al Murray; Printmaking; Naming paintings; "The Block"; A poem by Romare Bearden; Cinque Gallery; Romare Bearden Foundation video; End credits.

Summary:

Study of artist Romare Bearden and how his southern roots and years in Harlem have influenced his paintings and collages. In depicting, through his paintings, the black experience in America, he has been compared to such blues/jazz artists as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)811344084

UPC:

798304219371

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)