Possessing the secret of joy /

The African-American author of the internationally-acclaimed book The Color Purple has been a political activist for the civil rights and women's movements since the early 1960s. Interviewed at the time of the publication of her controversial novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Shaw, Susan (Television producer and director) (Director, Producer), Greenwood, Gillian (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany : Monarda Arts, 1992.
Subjects:	Walker, Alice, > 1944- > Interviews. Walker, Alice, > 1944- Female genital mutilation. Women > Africa > Psychology. African American women > Psychology. Femmes > Afrique > Psychologie. Noires américaines > Psychologie. African American women > Psychology Female genital mutilation Women > Psychology Africa Interview interviews. Biographical television programs Documentary television programs Interviews Nonfiction television programs Documentary television programs. Biographical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Interviews. Documentaires télévisés. Biographies télévisées. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The African-American author of the internationally-acclaimed book The Color Purple has been a political activist for the civil rights and women's movements since the early 1960s. Interviewed at the time of the publication of her controversial novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker discusses its subject - female genital mutilation. With archive film, dramatised extracts from the book and documentary sequences, this programme confronts a disturbing issue.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed January 18, 2022).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (51 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:50:31
Production Credits:	Edited & presented by Melvyn Bragg.