Introduces one of America's most celebrated playwrights, August Wilson. His on-going project to write a play on African-American life set in each decade of this century is one of the most ambitious endeavors in the history of American theater. Wilson traces the origins of his plays back to a troubled childhood in a Pittsburgh ghetto and explains the influence of black traditions like storytelling and the blues on his writing.
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In black and white ; 5 Ethnic studies video collection
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