Research Catalog

Title

An interview with James Finney / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.

Author

Finney, James

Publication

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Murray, James Briggs
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Description

7 videodiscs (139 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

James Finney is interviewed at his home and salon in Manhattan. He discusses his life and career and demonstrates some of his grooming and styling techniques. He was born and raised in West Virginia; from 9 on interested in hair; styling family members' hair, especially mother's; move to NYC, cosmetology school on Long Island; worked way through school; subjects studied; booth license; abilities of black hair stylists; types of black hair; employment at Frenchie's; cooperative atmosphere; hairstyling strengths; interest in working with black entertainers; tired of reproducing white hairstyles, desire to create natural styles suited to black hair; freelance work for Jim Hendrix, Miles Davis; impressions of Hendrix and how he styled his hair; thinking about plats; black hair care and types of hair; plat and etymology of plat; plat technique; applied technique to himself; Valerie Simpson 1st to wear it on stage; hair care; styles in Africa; Bo Derek and "10"; demonstration on Phil Donahue Show; New styles, corn rows; permed vs. natural hair; work on music videos and album covers; performers toured with, touring experience; work in movies, t.v. and magazines; hairstyles; future plans; Cultural Events Committee; plat demo-Janice Pendarvis; convenience of plats in show business; styling plats; make-up and styling demo-Peggy Dillard-Toone; experience on Phil Donahue show; ancestry; experiences as model with natural hair; Demo-Megan Van Peebles; learning to work with her hair.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Interviews
• Hairdressing of African Americans
• Dillard-Toone, Peggy
• Finney, James > Childhood and youth
• Finney, James > Interviews
• Braids (Hairdressing) > United States
• Hairstyles > United States
• Finney, James > Friends and associates
• African American beauty operators > Interviews
• Biographies
• Beauty culture > United States
• Pendarvis, Janice
• Van Peebles, Meggan
• Black films and programs

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Biographies.
• Black films and programs.
• Nonfiction films.

Terms of Use (note)

• Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

• James Finney is a hairdresser who designed plats as a hair grooming technique.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1325

OCLC

936214744

Author

Finney, James, interviewee.

Title

An interview with James Finney / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.

Publisher

New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD

Performer

Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.

Event

Recorded July 29, 1986. New York, N.Y.

Terms Of Use

Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.

Biography

James Finney is a hairdresser who designed plats as a hair grooming technique.

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Added Author

Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1325