Black History - Black Folklore and Humor

DateJanuary 4 1989

Can DescriptionsBlack History X5136 Work Reel Black Folklore and Humor Rec. 1/4/89

Abstract[Unedited version of 2716.0113] Includes graphics editing. Audio does not match up. Raw footage of interviews about Black storytelling, comedy, music, and performance, from historian Byron Rushing, Joseph Boskin, Professor of History at Boston University, Melvin Ely, Assistant Professor of History at Yale University, John Hendrick Clarke, Hunter College Professor of History, Lynn Bolles, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bowdoin College, and Gayle Pemberton, Bowdoin College Literary Historian. Unedited footage of narration by Esther Rolle. Also includes historical photographs and film, including performances by Noble Sissle, Stump and Stumpy, Jackie "Moms" Mabley [Loretta Mary Aiken], Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder, and Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham. Shots of album covers.

OtherCredits: with Esther Rolle; A Laughter Bittersweet; Produced by: Karl Nurse; Hosted by: Esther Rolle; Written by: Steve Hemingway; Script Editor: Clif Garboden; Assistant to Producer: Erika Mobley; Videographers: Howie Rouses, John Sullivan, George Ellard; Sound Recordists: Doug Dike, Skip Peabody; Editors: Mary Driscoll, Kathy Baker; Post Production: Doug Devitt, Dave Teixeira, George Ellard; Stage Managers: Scott Philbrick, B. Geoffrey Lans, Kif Williams; Talent Coordinator: Sheila Frazier; Original Music: Tony Rose, Hit City Music; Graphics: Susan Muldoon, Kate Arnold Kolbrener; Scribe: Frank Firnschild; Photography Collection: Moorland Springarn Research Center; Shomberg [Schomburg] Center for Research Center in Black Culture, Library of Congress, National Archives, Dusable Museum of Afro-American History, Carl Van Vechton Collection, Boston Public Library, Cheapo Records; V.P. of Community Programming Donna Latson-Gittens; V.P. of Programming Paul LaCamera