Richard Wright -- Black boy [videorecording] / written, produced and directed by Madison Davis Lacy ; dramatic scenes directed by Horace Ové ; a Mississippi Educational Television and BBC production.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
California Newsreel distributor, California Newsreel distributor,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced in 1994. Narrator, J.A. Preston.
Summary:
Biographical sketch of the Afro-American writer, Richard Wright. Includes a discussion of his literary works and the times in which he lived, weaving together dramatic recreations from Wright's work and recollections of friends and scholars. It follows Wright's journey from a childhood of poverty through the Chicago Black cultural renaissance of the 1930's, the Communist Party during the Depression, the MacCarthy-era, the American expatriate community in 1950's Paris and his final years.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56813378
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.