Charles Johnson /
"Charles R. Johnson stirred controversy when he criticized Alice Walker's portrayal of African-American men in The Color Purple. A former political cartoonist, he is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship, and his Middle Passage won the U.S. National Book Award fo...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English with optional closed captioning in English |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
1992.
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| Series: | In black and white : six profiles of African Americans authors ;
part 1 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | "Charles R. Johnson stirred controversy when he criticized Alice Walker's portrayal of African-American men in The Color Purple. A former political cartoonist, he is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship, and his Middle Passage won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. In this program, Johnson explains how he weaves black folktales, Zen parables, 19th-century picaresque novels, and 20th-century existential philosophy into his works"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (27 min.) : sound, color |
| Playing Time: | 00:27:20 |