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Herskovits at the heart of blackness ... Read More

Smith, Llewellyn(Producer, Director). Brown, Vincent Aaron, 1967-(Producer, Interviewee). ... Read More

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Berklee College of Music.

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  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ... Read More
  • Publisher: [Berkeley, Calif.] : California Newsreel, c2009.

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DVD.
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Director of photography, Tom Fahey ; editor, James ... Read More
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Interviewees, K. Anthony Appiah, Lee D. Baker, ... Read More
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This documentary traces the career of Melville J. ... Read More
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DVD.
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Closed-captioned.
Subject: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
Anthropologists > United States > Biography
Anthropologists > Africa, West > Biography.
Racism in anthropology > United States.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Biographical films
Historical films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films.
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DVD.
Director of photography, Tom Fahey ; editor, James Rutenbeck ; original music, Darryl Harper, Xavier Davis.
This documentary traces the career of Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored The Myth of the Negro Past. Rarely seen archival footage, provocative animation, and unique photo montage re-enactments propel the story and interviews from leading scholars of race and culture forward.
DVD.
Closed-captioned.

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