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Street corner stories
Title
Street corner stories / produced and directed by Warrington Hudlin ; co-producer, George Cunningham.
Publication
[United States] : [Warrington Hudlin], [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©1977
Physical Description
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Local Notes
Preserved by the Yale Film Archive through a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, and through laboratory work by Fotokem, Audio Mechanics, and DJ Audio.
Notes
Reproduced from film reels, as per Sections 107, 108a and 108c of the Copyright Law, Title 17 of the United States Code, in 2019.
"Founded by Matching Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Edward Hazen Foundation"--Credits.
Camera: Warrington Hudlin ; sound: Robert Gardner, George Cunningham ; editor: Warrington Hudlin; associate editors: Robert Gardner, Jennie Bourne.
Summary
An uncompromising documentation of the American black storytelling tradition. The style and sensibility of the blues idiom is expressed in 'street corner' storytelling. Real conversations between working class black men - exaggerated, understated, tough and irreverant - were filmed over several mornings at a corner store where the men socialised.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 18, 2022
Credits
Camera: Warrington Hudlin ; sound: Robert Gardner, George Cunningham ; editor: Warrington Hudlin; associate editors: Robert Gardner, Jennie Bourne.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Also listed under
National Endowment for the Arts, sponsoring body.
Edward W. Hazen Foundation, sponsoring body.
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