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The Negro Ensemble Company
- Title
- The Negro Ensemble Company [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Richard Kilberg.
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | Y VTH 1205 N | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- The Negro Ensemble Company was founded in 1967 by actor/playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor Robert Hooks and theater manager Gerald Drone for the purpose of creating "a Theater of Excellence concentrating primarily on themes of Black life." By producing imaginative and challenging plays, the NEC has nurtured some of the finest theatrical talent in America and has created an enduring body of Black theater literature. This program features scenes from some of its most outstanding plays including: The River Niger (Roxy Roker and Douglas Turner Ward), Ceremonies in dark old men (Glynn Thurman and Roz Cash), and Soldier's story (Adolphe Caesar and Denzel Washington).
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- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Richard Kilberg; narrator, Ossie Davis.
- Title
- The Negro Ensemble Company [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Richard Kilberg.
- Imprint
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1987.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Richard Kilberg; narrator, Ossie Davis.
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- Added Author
- Kilberg, Richard, producer.Kilberg, Richard, director.Davis, Ossie, narrator.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1205 N