Ralph Ellison, on Works in Progress

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1966

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

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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