Ralph Ellison, On Work In Progress

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1966

Creator: NET SCIENCE PRISM PRODUCTION

Format: 16mm

Description: Reveals a candid portrait of Ralph Ellison, author of "The Invisible Man}." Presents Ellison discussing the function of the writer in society, how he came to write "The Invisible Man": his own involvement with the work, and how he feels a work of art should engage all of a writer's being. Features the author reading from this work and commenting on the contribution which the Negro church has made to the eloquence of most Negro writers.


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