Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Roberts, Rosemarie A.
2. Brown, Ronald K., 1966-
3. Olaiya, Wunmi.
4. Dolan, Brenda.
5. Fine, Michelle.
6. Alexander, Natasha.
7. Billups, Amir Bilal.
8. Blanding, Yasmine.
9. Bullock, Malan.
10. Gilgeous, Ariane Ashley.
11. Lane, Juel
12. Marboe, Elinor.
13. Roberts, Annique.
14. Roberts, Joanna.
15. Salah, Tahani.
16. Sorondo, Iralma Osorio.
17. Thoulouis, Keon.
18. Urdang, Kendra.
19. Penn, Robert E.
20. Robert Penn Productions.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (94 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Performance followed by a question-and-answer session.

Subject

1. Race relations > Drama
2. Plays
3. Dance
4. Video
5. Mixed media performances
6. Civil rights > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Plays.
2. Dance.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7579

Note

1. Accompanied by house program.
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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.
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. Videotaping of this performance was made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Title

1. 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

1. c2004.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. Post-performance speeches by artistic director Rosemarie A. Roberts; producer Michelle Fine; Fred Frelow, project director, Rockefeller Foundation.

Funding

1. Videotaping of this performance was made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Local subject

1. Mixed media performances.

Added author

1. Roberts, Rosemarie A. Director. Speaker
2. Brown, Ronald K., 1966- choreographer.
3. Brown, Ronald K., 1966- director.
4. Brown, Ronald K., 1966- performer.
5. Olaiya, Wunmi. Costume designer
6. Dolan, Brenda. Designer
7. Fine, Michelle. Producer. Speaker
8. Alexander, Natasha. Performer
9. Billups, Amir Bilal. Performer
10. Blanding, Yasmine. Performer
11. Bullock, Malan. Performer
12. Gilgeous, Ariane Ashley. Performer
13. Lane, Juel, performer.
14. Marboe, Elinor. Performer
15. Roberts, Annique. Performer
16. Roberts, Joanna. Performer
17. Salah, Tahani. Performer
18. Sorondo, Iralma Osorio. Performer
19. Thoulouis, Keon. Performer
20. Urdang, Kendra. Performer
21. Penn, Robert E. Videographer

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7579