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August Wilson
Title
August Wilson [videorecording] / LWT ; produced & directed by Tony Knox ; edited & presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Published
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, [2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
"Distributed worldwide by RM Associates."
"Licensed worldwide by RM Associates"--Container.
Originally produced for television in 1990 as a segment of the television program: The South Bank Show.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences: FFH 10089 (disc label); 10089 (container front); 10089-KS (label on container).
Summary
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson returns home to the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1990 to review his life and career. Archival footage and interviews with Wilson, former New York Times theater critic Frank Rich, Rob Penny, fellow writers, and others provide insights into the African American experience, from the Great Black Migration to more recent times. Scenes from his plays "Jitney," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Fences," "Joe Turner's Come and Gone," and "Two Trains Running" reveal the impact of the oral tradition and the blues on Wilson's poetic prose.
Variant and related titles
Title on container and label: August Wilson : the American dream, in black and white
South Bank Show (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2005
Series
The Films for the Humanities & Sciences DVD collection
Videorecording number
FFH 10089 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
10089 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
10089-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Subjects
Also listed under
London Weekend Television (Firm)
RM Arts (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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