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Oral history interview with Pearl Primus.

Title
Oral history interview with Pearl Primus.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Primus, Pearl
  • Murray, James Briggs
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Description
5 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Oral histories.
Note
  • Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  • Pearl Primus was an internationally recognized dancer and anthropologist. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1910, and spent the majority of her life in New York City.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1554
OCLC
  • 1079840585
  • 1079840585
Title
Oral history interview with Pearl Primus.
Publisher
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1993.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Summary
The Oral History interview with Pearl Primus documents Pearl Primus' early years, dancing career, and anthropological pursuits. Primus tells of Trinidad, growing up in New York City, and her family. She discusses how she was first introduced to dance and about her performance in the 1939 World's Fair. Primus discusses Café Society and her friendships with notables like Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes. She talks about her choreography, how certain experiences and musical works inspired her, her views on dance as a means of social protest, and how her work is meant to chronicle the Black experience in the United States, blending African and Caribbean dance traditions. Primus also discusses her anthropological research and how she is continuously conscience of her ancestry. She recalls the specifics of her Rosenwald Fellowship to study in Africa and her anthropological research in the rural South where she lived and worked with sharecroppers and visited Black churches.
Event
Interview conducted August 18, 1993.
Terms Of Use
Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.
Biography
Pearl Primus was an internationally recognized dancer and anthropologist. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1910, and spent the majority of her life in New York City.
Added Author
Primus, Pearl, interviewee.
Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Oral History Video Documentation Program.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1554
Sc Visual VRA-71 VHS
Sc Visual VRB-2001 U-matic
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