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Playwright August Wilson talks to Bill Moyers about his roots in Black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, and how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, August
Corporate Authors: Public Affairs Television (Firm), PBS Video, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Other Authors: Moyers, Bill D., Knull, Kate Roth
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, VA. : PBS Video, [1988?]
Subjects:
Wilson, August > Interviews.
African American authors > Interviews.
African Americans > Race identity.
Blues (Music)
Description
Summary:Playwright August Wilson talks to Bill Moyers about his roots in Black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, and how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today.
Item Description:VHS format.
"A presentation of WNET/New York & WTTW/ Chicago."
Segment of the television program A world of ideas.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Audience:Black Studies.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Mark Falstad ; editor, Scott P. Doniger ; narrator, Bill Moyers.