Africa to America to Paris [electronic resource] : the migration of black writers /

Goldstein, Jacques.

N'Djehoya, Blaise.

Thomas, Dwayne.

Clark, Tony.

Sullivan, Lester.

Leeming, David Adams,1937-

Campbell, James,1951-

Gentry, Herbert,1919-

Diawara, Manthia,1953-

Césaire, Aimé.

Fabre, Michel.

Parks, Gordon,1912-

Van Peebles, Melvin,1932-

Himes, Lesley.

Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien.

Baldwin, James,1924-

Wright, Richard,1908-1960

Himes, Chester B.,1909-

Absynthe Programmes.

La Huit Productions.

Films for the Humanities (Firm)

moving image

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

c1998.

eng

Traces the path of African-American literature from the shores of the U.S. to the Left Bank of Paris at the end of World War II through the late 1960s. The program provides context by first exploring the New Orleans salon poetry of Desdunes and then discussing the historic suppression of black activists in the U.S. after the Harlem Renaissance. This program primarily traces the lives of James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Chester Himes who immigrated to Paris seeking greater intellectual freedom. Includes remembrances of fellow artists and readings from their diaries and works.

Camera, Jacques Goldstein ; editor, Loic Jasparl ; music, Jean-François Lauriol.

Commentary: Lester Sullivan, David Leeming, James Campbell, Herbert Gentry, Manthia Diawara, Aime Cesaire, Michel Fabre, Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, Lesley Himes.

Narrators: Dwayne Thomas, Tony Clark.

Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien.

Baldwin, James, 1924-

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960

Himes, Chester B., 1909-

African American authors

African Americans

American literature