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Nightline. The Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati [videorecording]

Title
Nightline. The Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati [videorecording] / a presentation of ABC News.
Publication
New York, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-
  • Papp, Joseph,
  • Sawyer, Forrest,
  • WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Alternative Title
Nightline: the Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati, aired Channel 7. 4/10/90 11:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Television.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Broadcast taped off air. Program begins at 5:00. Includes commercials.
Access (note)
  • Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event (note)
  • First broadcast in New York, N.Y. on April 10, 1990.
Call Number
NCOX 5298
Title
Nightline. The Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati [videorecording] / a presentation of ABC News.
Imprint
New York, 1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Access
Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Performer
Ted Koppel, host ; Forrest Sawyer, reporter.
Event
First broadcast in New York, N.Y. on April 10, 1990.
Summary
Segment aired WABC-TV, Channel 7. Coverage of the controvery surrounding an exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe at the the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mapplethorpe's work features homoerotic imagery and child nudity and this has resulted in charges of criminal obscenity against the museum. Includes interviews with representatives of both sides of the issue, including theatrical producer Joseph Papp, who discusses his views in relation to freedom of expression.
Added Author
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8- host.
Sawyer, Forrest, reporter.
WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Added Title
Title on original container: Nightline: the Mapplethorpe exhibit in Cincinnati, aired Channel 7. 4/10/90 11:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Research Call Number
NCOX 5298
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