Furious flower I : conversations with African American poets, 1960-1995 /

A four part video anthology of African American poetry with leading poets reading and discussing their own works. Part 1, Elders, introduces poets who laid the groundwork for today's Black poetry renaissance and mentored many of the younger voices represented in this series. These writers, many...

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Corporate Authors:	California Newsreel (Firm) (Producer), James Madison University (Producer), Shenandoah Valley Educational Television Corporation (Producer), Furious Flower Conference
Other Authors:	Alexander, Elizabeth (Speaker), Allen, Samuel W. (Performer), Asim, Jabari, 1962- (Speaker), Aubert, Alvin (Performer), Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 (Speaker), Barrax, Gerald William (Speaker), Beatty, Vera (Speaker), Collier, Eugenia (Speaker), Ellis, Thomas Sayers (Speaker), Evans, Mari, 1919-2017 (Performer), Fowler, Virginia, 1941- (Speaker), Gabbin, Joanne V. (Narrator, Producer), Giovanni, Nikki (Speaker), Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016 (Speaker), Hoagland, Everett (Speaker), Hodges, John L. (Director, Editor), Jackson, Major, 1968- (Speaker), Keene, John (Speaker), Kendrick, Dolores, 1927-2017 (Speaker), Lane, Pinkie Gordon (Performer), Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long (Performer), Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- (Speaker), McCray, Judith (Producer), McDowell, Deborah (Speaker), Miller, E. Ethelbert (Speaker), Nielsen, Aldon Lynn (Speaker), Pettis, Joyce (Speaker), Redmond, Eugene (Speaker), Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947- (Speaker), Sánchez, Sonia (Speaker), Strange, Sharan (Speaker), Thomas, Judith (Speaker), Thomas, Lorenzo, 1944-2005 (Speaker), Touré, Askia M. (Speaker), Trethewey, Natasha (Speaker), Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999 (Speaker), Young, Kevin, 1970- (Speaker)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1998.
Series:	Black studies in video
Subjects:	African American poets > Interviews. African Americans > Poetry. American poetry > African American authors. American poetry > History and criticism. Poètes noirs américains > Entretiens. Noirs américains > Poésie. Poésie américaine > Auteurs noirs américains. Poésie américaine > Histoire et critique. African American poets African Americans American poetry American poetry > African American authors Streaming videos. Internet videos Nonfiction films Criticism, interpretation, etc. Interviews Poetry Nonfiction films. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	A four part video anthology of African American poetry with leading poets reading and discussing their own works. Part 1, Elders, introduces poets who laid the groundwork for today's Black poetry renaissance and mentored many of the younger voices represented in this series. These writers, many of whom began writing during the 1940s provided the wisdom and strong literary voice which brought Black verse to competence and maturity.
Item Description:	"A production of James Madison University and Shenandoah Valley Educational Television." Readings originally presented at the Furious Flower Conference held September 29-October 1, 1994 at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Title from original container.
Physical Description:	1 online resource