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Title:

Furious flower : conversations with African American poets / James Madison University and Shenandoah Valley Educational Television Corporation ; producer, Judith McCray ; director, John Hodges.

Publisher:

California Newsreel,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

4 videocassettes (369 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

American poetry--African American authors.
Poetry--History and criticism.
African American poets.
African American poets--Interviews.
African Americans--Poetry.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Poetry.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
Poetry.

Other Authors:

McCray, Judith. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97004132
Hodges, John. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010184653
James Madison University. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77010920
Shenandoah Valley Educational Television Corporation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00004696
California Newsreel (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80142225

Notes:

Narrator, Joanne V. Gabbin.

Contents:

v. 1. Elders: Samuel W. Allen, Mari Evans, Naomi Long Madgett, Alvin Aubert, Pinkie Gordon Lane -- v. 2. Warriors: Amiri Baraka, Haki R. Madhubuti, Kalamu ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Eugene Redmond, Nikki Giovanni -- v. 3. Seers: Rita Dove, Toi Derricotte, Dolores Kendrick, Sherley Anne Williams, Gerald Barrax, E. Ethelbert Miller, Michael S. Harper -- v. 4. Initiates: Elizabeth Alexander, the Dark Room Collective (Natasha Trethewey, Major Jackson, Vera Beatty, Kevin Young, Sharan Strange, Thomas Sayers Ellis, John Keene).

Summary:

A video anthology of African American poetry from the last half of the 20th century. Black verse from the Harlem Renaissance through the Black Arts Movement beginning in the 1960s is discussed and 25 noteable poets are introduced and profiled. Young poets of the nineties read from their work as well.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49368192

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)