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W.E.B. Du Bois [videorecording] : a biography in four voices / a documentary by Louis Massiah ; produced in association with Scribe Video Center.

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Four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the sociologist and author W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work. They chronicle Du Bois' role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first Pan-African Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the...

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Corporate Authors: Scribe Video Center, California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Massiah, Louis (Producer, Director), Brown, Wesley, 1945- (Narrator), Davis, Thulani (Screenwriter, Narrator), Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 (Screenwriter, Narrator), Bambara, Toni Cade (Screenwriter, Narrator), Chin, Michael (director of photography.), Jafa, Arthur (director of photography.), Banks, Larry (director of photography.), Henriquez, Monica (Film editor), Warshafsky, Beth (Animator), Andrews, Dwight (Composer), Burrell, Dave, 1940- (Composer), Murray, David, 1955- (Composer)
Other title:Biography in four voices.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : [San Francisco] : Scribe Video Center ; Distributed by California Newsreel, ©1997.
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > History.
Pan African Congress > History.
African American sociologists > Biography.
African American authors > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > History > 1877-1964.
Civil rights > United States > Biography.
United States > Race relations.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Historical films.
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Summary:Four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the sociologist and author W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work. They chronicle Du Bois' role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first Pan-African Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the black cultural renaissance, and author of a series of landmark sociological studies. Anathematized during the McCarthy years, Du Bois immigrated to Ghana, the first independent African state, where he died.
Item Description:Videodisc recording of a documentary film originally produced in 1995.
Physical Description:1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Michael Chin, Arthur Jafa, Larry Banks ; editor, Monica Henriquez ; graphic animation and design, Beth Warshafsky ; film animation, Lewis Klahr ; composers, Dwight Andrews, Dave Burrell, David Murray.
Participant or Performer:Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, Amiri Baraka, narrators.

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