The black woman

Duration: 53

Year Published: 1970

Creator: NET ; executive producer, Tony Brown ; producers, Tony Brown and Stan Lathan ; directed by Stan Lathan.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Lathan, Stan.; Brown, Tony.; Harris, Joan.; Davis, Martha.; Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae.; Watson, Marian.; Baraka, Amina.; Fairfax, Jean.; Nelson, Novella.; Giovanni, Nikki.; Horne, Lena.; Abbott, Loretta.; Martin, George.; Cleage, Albert B.; Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-; Flack, Roberta.; Higgins, Chester.; National Educational Television and Radio Center.; Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Black journal. No. 28; Copyright notice: c1970 NET Division, Educational Broadcasting Corporation.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Host, Tony Brown.; A panel of black women including Joan Harris, TV hostess; Marthia Davis, Harlem Drug Fighters; Verta Mae Grosvenor, author; Marian Watson, TV producer; Amina Baraka (Mrs. LeRoi Jones), Committee for Unified New Ark; and Joan Fairfax, Legal Defense Fund, discuss the role of black women in contemporary society. Novella Nelson performs a song. Loretta Abbott performs a dance. Nikki Giovanni reads a poem and interviews Lena Horne. A young girl, Kali, reads her poetry. In the Correspondents journal segment, George Martin reports on Women's Day at the Shrine of the Black Madonna in Detroit with commentary by Rev. Albert Cleage, Jr. and a poem by Sonia Sanchez. Roberta Flack performs a song. Background photographs in the program are by Chester Higgins.; PFA 1612-01-12977. D0004; PFA 1612-01-12978. D0004; PFA 1612-01-12977. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 2 reels of 2 (53 min.) (1,877 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. print. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/04/11 Fair scratches at head and moderate scratches throughout. Best quality print but not great. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/06 /27 Same.; PFA 1612-01-12978. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/04 /11 Moderate to heavy scratches throughout. Good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/06/27 Same.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE