- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 57 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Author, fiction writer, and scriptwriter Khephra Burns was born Keith Burns on October 2, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. Burns earned his B.A. degree in English and drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1978, Burns joined the staff of WNET-13, the New York City PBS affiliate, as a writer and associate producer. Burns wrote one of the first series of salutes to outstanding African Americans to be televised for Black History Month. Burns is the author of several books including, Black Stars in Orbit, Mansa Musa, and Confirmation: The Spiritual Wisdom that has Shaped Our Lives, which he wrote with his wife, Susan Taylor. As a playwright, Harry Belafonte commissioned Burns to write Staggalee, a full-length stage drama. He also wrote African Odyssey, which premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and Tall Horse, which premiered in New York City in 2005. It also played in South Africa.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Khephra Burns
- Khephra Burns
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- OCLC
- 1000518766
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Khephra Burns.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
025744
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Shawn Wilson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2005 September 13.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Author.
- Added Author
Burns, Khephra, interviewee.
Wilson, Shawn, interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.