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[Oral history interview with Pearl Primus]

Title
[Oral history interview with Pearl Primus] [videorecording] / [Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interviewed by James Briggs Murray]
Publication
19--June--1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Primus, Pearl
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program
Subject
  • Primus, Pearl
  • African American anthropologists
  • Anthropology > Africa
  • Anthropology > United States
  • Choreographers > United States
  • Dance > Africa
  • Dance > Anthropological aspects
  • Dance > Folklore
  • Dance > Religious aspects
  • Dance, Black > Africa > History
  • Women anthropologists
  • African American dancers
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Oral history.
Credits (note)
  • Produced by James Briggs Murray.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Pearl Primus was an internationally recognized dancer and anthropologist.
OCLC
NYPG95-F71
Title
[Oral history interview with Pearl Primus] [videorecording] / [Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interviewed by James Briggs Murray]
Imprint
19--June--1993.
Description
1 videocassette of 1 (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Original Version
Original: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, videocassette(s); 3/4 in.
Credits
Produced by James Briggs Murray.
Summary
The Oral History interview with Pearl Primus documents Pearl Primus' early years, dancing career, and anthropological pursuits. Primus tells of Trinidad, growing up in New York City, and her family. She discusses how she was first introduced to dance and about her performance in the 1939 World's Fair. Primus discusses Café Society and her friendships with notables like Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes. She talks about her choreography, how certain experiences and musical works inspired her, her views on dance as a means of social protest, and how her work is meant to chronicle the Black experience in the United States, blending African and Caribbean dance traditions. Primus also discusses her anthropological research and how she is continuously conscience of her ancestry. She recalls the specifics of her Rosenwald Fellowship to study in Africa and her anthropological research in the rural South where she lived and worked with sharecroppers and visited Black churches.
System Details
VHS.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography
Pearl Primus was an internationally recognized dancer and anthropologist. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1919, and spent the majority of her life in New York City.
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Local Subject
African American dancers.
Added Author
Murray, James Briggs. Interviewer
Primus, Pearl. Interviewee
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
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