Against the odds the artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Edwards, Amber, 1960- (Added Author). Morton, Joe, 1947- (Added Author). New Jersey Network (Firm) (Added Author). PBS Home Video (Added Author).

Summary: Documentary on African American visual artists active in the 1920s and '30s in a vibrant Harlem. Archival footage and over 130 photographs, prints, paintings and sculptures, interviews with surviving artists, and highlights of influential exhibitions and galleries as well as significant figures such as William E. Harmon, W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke.

Item details

ISBN: 0793691117
ISBN: 9780793691111
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen version.
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : distributed by PBS Home Video, [2006]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally seen on PBS in 1993.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Associate producer, Mark Sutton ; camera, Mike Budd.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: Joe Morton.
Target Audience Note:	Grade 7 to adults. Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD stereo.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.