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Toni Morrison
Title
Toni Morrison [electronic resource (video)] / California Newsreel (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c1982.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (27 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 03, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Winner of numerous awards, most notably the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison made it possible for a new generation of African-American writers to have a voice in the mainstream literary dialogue. Her evocative, multilayered tales illuminate the black experience and have the power to change how readers look at American history. In this program, Morrison explains her statement that "American literature is incoherent without the contribution of African American writers.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
In Black And White: Six Profiles Of African American Authors
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Filling a Void: Morrison's Entry into Writing (2:30)
Unlearning Traditional Education (1:11)
Parental Influence & Power of Language (2:31)
The Duty of Art (1:35)
Richness of a Reader's Experience (1:52)
Black Writers' Place in American Literature (1:45)
Embracing the Past to Belong in the Present (1:57)
America's Creation Story: Excluding African-Americans (2:30)
Critique of American Education System (1:13)
Love & the Human Experience (2:05)
Vision of Progress (2:00)
Credits: Toni Morrison: In Black And White (1:52)
Videorecording number
49737s Infobase
49740 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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