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

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1998.
Description
1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.

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    Summary note
    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.
    Notes
    Originally produced in 1997.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Camera, Jacques Goldstein ; editor, Loic Jasparl ; music, Jean-François Lauriol.
    System details
    VHS.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    • 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.
    Language note
    In English and French with English subtitles or voiceover.
    Other title(s)
    Migration of black writers
    Publisher no.
    FFH8321
    OCLC
    43992091
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