Title Richard Wright : Black boy / written, produced and directed by Madison Davis Lacy ; dramatic scenes directed by Horace Ové ; a Mississippi Educational Television/BBC production.

Publication Info.	San Francisco : CA : California Newsreel, 2004.
	1994.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD B-WRIGHT, R.	DUE 07-16-25

Description	1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD-R, NTSC.
Performer	Narrator, J.A. Preston.
Credits	Photographer, Ngaio Killingsworth ; editor, Adam Zucker ; music, Randy Klein ; advisers, Michel Fabre ... [et al.].
Note	Originally produced for television in 1994.
	Duration on container and disc label: 86 min.
Summary	Biographical sketch of African-American writer, Richard Wright. Includes a discussion of his literary works and the times in which he lived, weaving together dramatic recreations from Wright's work and recollections of friends and scholars. It follows Wright's journey from a childhood of poverty through the Chicago Black cultural renaissance of the 1930s, the Communist Party during the Depression, the MacCarthy-era, the American expatriate community in 1950s Paris and his final years.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
	African American authors -- 20th century -- Biography.
	African Americans in literature.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Biographical television programs.
	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Lacy, Madison Davis. Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
	Ové, Horace. Director.
	Preston, J. A. (John A.) Narrator.
	Mississippi Educational Television.
	British Broadcasting Corporation.
	California Newsreel (Firm)
Added Title	Black boy
ISBN	9781572541221
	1572541229

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