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Echoes of Brown spoken word, dance and video performance

Title
Echoes of Brown [videorecording] : spoken word, dance and video performance / part of the project Echoes of Brown: youth documenting and performing the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education ; artistic director, Rosemarie A. Roberts ; choreographer and associate artistic director, Ronald K. Brown ; producer, Michelle Fine.
Publication
c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Roberts, Rosemarie A.
  • Brown, Ronald K., 1966-
  • Olaiya, Wunmi.
  • Dolan, Brenda.
  • Fine, Michelle.
  • Alexander, Natasha.
  • Billups, Amir Bilal.
  • Blanding, Yasmine.
  • Bullock, Malan.
  • Gilgeous, Ariane Ashley.
  • Lane, Juel
  • Marboe, Elinor.
  • Roberts, Annique.
  • Roberts, Joanna.
  • Salah, Tahani.
  • Sorondo, Iralma Osorio.
  • Thoulouis, Keon.
  • Urdang, Kendra.
  • Penn, Robert E.
  • Robert Penn Productions.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (94 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Performance followed by a question-and-answer session.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Plays.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Accompanied by house program.
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Ronald K. Brown, Michelle Fine, Maria Elena Torre, John Jay College Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Youth-authored spoken word with the guidance of Urban Word NYC, Jen Weiss, director, Roger Bonair-Agard, Celena Glenn ; music, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and President Eisenhower's address to the nation on segregation, 1 Giant Leap, Joe Williams, Cachao, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on segregation and Gill Scott-Heron, Erzalene Jenkins and Nanny McNeil, King Cole Trio, Tulani Kinard ; set construction, Erik Johnson ; costumes, Wunmi Olaiya ; lighting, Brenda Dolan ; elders' video producer and director, Hancock Productions, LLC.
Performer (note)
  • Council of Elders: Luis Garden Acosta; Roscoe Brown, Jr.; Carolyn Goodman; Adam Green; Bailey Jackson; City Councilman Robert Jackson; Theodora G. Jackson; Arthur Kinoy (1920-2003); Esther Lee; Frances Lucerna; Sonia Sanchez; Vice Chancellor Adelaide Sanford; Judge Jack B. Weinstein.
  • Natasha Alexander; Amir Bilal Billups; Yasmine Blanding; Malan Bullock; Emily Genao; Ariane Ashley Gilgeous; Juel Lane; Elinor Marboe; Annique Roberts; Joanna Roberts; Tahani Salah; Iralma Osorio Sorondo [not listed on frame]; Keon C. Thoulouis; Kendra Urdang; and Ronald K. Brown.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 15, 2004; video documentation, Robert Penn Productions; director of photography and editor, Robert Penn.
Funding (note)
  • Videotaping of this performance was made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7579
OCLC
NYPY04-F256
Title
Echoes of Brown [videorecording] : spoken word, dance and video performance / part of the project Echoes of Brown: youth documenting and performing the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education ; artistic director, Rosemarie A. Roberts ; choreographer and associate artistic director, Ronald K. Brown ; producer, Michelle Fine.
Imprint
c2004.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in performance at John Jay College Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 15, 2004; video documentation, Robert Penn Productions; director of photography and editor, Robert Penn.
Credits
Youth-authored spoken word with the guidance of Urban Word NYC, Jen Weiss, director, Roger Bonair-Agard, Celena Glenn ; music, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and President Eisenhower's address to the nation on segregation, 1 Giant Leap, Joe Williams, Cachao, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on segregation and Gill Scott-Heron, Erzalene Jenkins and Nanny McNeil, King Cole Trio, Tulani Kinard ; set construction, Erik Johnson ; costumes, Wunmi Olaiya ; lighting, Brenda Dolan ; elders' video producer and director, Hancock Productions, LLC.
Performer
Council of Elders: Luis Garden Acosta; Roscoe Brown, Jr.; Carolyn Goodman; Adam Green; Bailey Jackson; City Councilman Robert Jackson; Theodora G. Jackson; Arthur Kinoy (1920-2003); Esther Lee; Frances Lucerna; Sonia Sanchez; Vice Chancellor Adelaide Sanford; Judge Jack B. Weinstein.
Cast
Natasha Alexander; Amir Bilal Billups; Yasmine Blanding; Malan Bullock; Emily Genao; Ariane Ashley Gilgeous; Juel Lane; Elinor Marboe; Annique Roberts; Joanna Roberts; Tahani Salah; Iralma Osorio Sorondo [not listed on frame]; Keon C. Thoulouis; Kendra Urdang; and Ronald K. Brown.
Performer
Post-performance speeches by artistic director Rosemarie A. Roberts; producer Michelle Fine; Fred Frelow, project director, Rockefeller Foundation.
Funding
Videotaping of this performance was made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Local Subject
Mixed media performances.
Added Author
Roberts, Rosemarie A. Director. Speaker
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- choreographer.
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- director.
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- performer.
Olaiya, Wunmi. Costume designer
Dolan, Brenda. Designer
Fine, Michelle. Producer. Speaker
Alexander, Natasha. Performer
Billups, Amir Bilal. Performer
Blanding, Yasmine. Performer
Bullock, Malan. Performer
Gilgeous, Ariane Ashley. Performer
Lane, Juel, performer.
Marboe, Elinor. Performer
Roberts, Annique. Performer
Roberts, Joanna. Performer
Salah, Tahani. Performer
Sorondo, Iralma Osorio. Performer
Thoulouis, Keon. Performer
Urdang, Kendra. Performer
Penn, Robert E. Videographer
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7579
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