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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Arthur Wellesley French.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Arthur Wellesley French.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • French, Arthur, 1931-2021
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Burghelea, Neculai
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 23 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Director and actor Arthur Wellesley French, Jr. was born in Harlem, New York City. Educated at Brooklyn College, French worked for New York City's department of social services before studying with Lee Strasberg. French was a protégée of Maxwell Glanville, founder of The Dramatic Workshop; and, performed with Amiri Baraka's Black Arts Repertory Theater. In 1965, French appeared in Douglas Turner Ward's Day of Absence. An original member of the Negro Ensemble Company, French's work includes roles from Death of a Salesman to Melvin Van Peebles' Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. French's film credits have included Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Round Midnight, 2 Days in New York, and Red Hook Summer. He directed Lungelo Mvusi's Just Won't, George Bernard Shaw's The Village Wooing, and Wole Soyinka's Strong Breed. French won an Obie in 1997, and has taught at Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Arthur Wellesley French
  • Arthur Wellesley French
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
OCLC
1003150353
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Arthur Wellesley French.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
032305
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2005 June 7.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Stage Actor Film Actor Stage Director.
Added Author
French, Arthur, 1931-2021, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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