Against the odds: the artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Documentary telling of the struggle of Black visual artists in the 1920's and 1930's to show and sell their work. It describes the influence of the Harmon Foundation in creating an artistic home where Black visual artists flourished and developed a wide range of talent. Also included were...

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Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] PBS Video c1993
Edition:PBS video index version
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Summary:Documentary telling of the struggle of Black visual artists in the 1920's and 1930's to show and sell their work. It describes the influence of the Harmon Foundation in creating an artistic home where Black visual artists flourished and developed a wide range of talent. Also included were items in the show curated by the Newark Museum to celebrate the work of the Foundation
Item Description:VHS.. - PBS Video database accessed via World Wide Web. - Specially prepared set enhanced by PBS with time code visible on the screen. - Supplemented by the "PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History & Culture Merged Index" which provides subject references to specific videocassette volume numbers within the series and to specific locations within individual videocassettes according to on-screen counter numbers indicating number of minutes and seconds elapsed within a specific referenced videocassette. - Curriculum resources available on database for video. Videos in database referenced by grade level, academic area, historical period, and standards correlation. Selected lesson plans for instructors available on database
Narrator, Joe Morton
Camera, Mike Budd ; graphics, Carol Smith ; editor, Bob Herman
Physical Description:1 videocassette (60 min.) sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in

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