Coal black voices / a documentary by Media Working Group produced and directed by Jean Donohue, Fred Johnson.


[Covington, Ky.] : Media Working Group, [2006].
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Notes:

  • DVD-R, stereo.
  • This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
  • Featured poets: Nikky Finney, Frank X Walker, Crystal Wilkinson, Kelly Norman Ellis, Ricardo Nazario-Colón, Paul C. Taylor, Bernard Clay, Mitchell L.H. Douglas, Daundra Scisney-Givens, Shanna Smith.
  • Commentary: Gurney Norman, C. Daniel Dawson.
  • Consulting producer, Frank X. Walker director of photography, Mark Stucker editor, Miguel Huarcaya consultants, C. Daniel Dawson, Gurney Norman, George Stoney, Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees original music, ISWHAT?!
  • Coal Black voices is an intimate mosaic of images, poetry, and storytelling by Afrilachian poets as they give glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region. The ensemble of African-American writers challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on the traditions such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the experiences of the African Disapora. The poetry of the Affrilachian poets celebrates their African heritage and rural roots while encompassing themes of racism and Black identity. In this documentary they give voice to the pleasures of family, land, good food, artistic community, music and transformation –Container.

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Requested by Koehler, B.

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