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General Announcement
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Award Winning documentary biography on Zora Neale Hurston and Melville J. Herskovits
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| Sponsor: California Newsreel |
| Contact Information Barrie McClune California Newsreel 500 Third Street, Suite 505 San Francisco CA 94107 USA Phone: 415 284-7800 ext 308 Email: bmc@newsreel.org URL http://www.newsreel.org |
| Description California Newsreel, the oldest non-profit educational film distribution company has acquired two award winning documentary biographies of leading anthropologists. HERSKOVITS: AT THE HEART OF BLACKNESS Is there a politics of knowledge? Who controls what knowledge is produced and how it will be used? Is there "objective" scholarship and, if so, how does it become politicized? These questions are examined through this groundbreaking film on the life and career of Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963), the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and one of the most controversial intellectuals of the 20th century. www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0224 TRACES OF THE TRADE: A STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH Katrina Browne uncovers her New England family's deep involvement in the Triangle Trade and, in so doing, reveals the pivotal role slavery played in the growth of the whole American economy. www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0222 |
| Keywords: documentary | diaspora | African-American |
| This announcement will be displayed until: 10/31/2009 |