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Ethnic Notions

Title
Ethnic Notions / directed by Marlon Riggs.
Publication
[San Francisco, Calif] : California Newsreel, [2004]

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Additional Authors
  • Riggs, Marlon T.
  • Rolle, Esther
  • Collins, Rene
  • McGee, Derique
  • Fosselius, Ernie
  • Hoffmann, Deborah
  • Watkins, Mary
  • Roberts, Calvin
  • Bischof, Phyllis
  • Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000
  • Dundes, Alan
  • Fredrickson, George M., 1934-2008
  • Jackson, Bruce, 1963-
  • Jordan, Winthrop D.
  • Litwack, Leon F.
  • Levine, Lawrence W.
  • Peters, Erskine
  • Toll, Robert C.
  • Turner, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1955-
  • KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), production company.
  • Signifyin' Works (Firm), production company.
  • California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
Description
1 videodisc (57 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black & white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • "Takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes that have fueled anti-Black prejudice"--Container.
  • Covering more than one hundred years of United States history, traces the evolution of Black American caricatures and stereotypes that have fueled anti-black prejudice. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • "Signifyin' Works"--Disc label.
  • Originally produced as a documentary film in 1987.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Marlon Riggs ; producer, Marlon Riggs ; editor, Deborah Hoffmann ; original music composed & performed by Mary Watkins ; cinematographer, Calvin Roberts ; consultants, Phyllis Bischof, Barbara Christian, Alan Dundes, George Fredrickson, Bruce Jackson, Winthrop Jordan, Leon Litwack, Lawrence Levine, Erskine Peters, Robert Toll, Patricia Turner ; produced in association with KQED.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Includes public performance rights.
Language (note)
  • In English.
Contents
Enduring stereotypes -- Willing to serve -- Savage brute -- Transformations -- Shaping the mind.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1889
ISBN
  • 9781572541313
  • 1572541318
OCLC
56662078
Title
Ethnic Notions / directed by Marlon Riggs.
Distributor
[San Francisco, Calif] : California Newsreel, [2004]
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Physical Medium
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Narrated by Esther Rolle ; Bert Williams monologue written & performed by Leni Sloan ; two-man ministrel skit, Rene Collins, Derique McGee ; voices, Ernie Fosselius, Jeffrey Friedman, Janet Keller, Marlon Riggs.
Credits
Screenwriter, Marlon Riggs ; producer, Marlon Riggs ; editor, Deborah Hoffmann ; original music composed & performed by Mary Watkins ; cinematographer, Calvin Roberts ; consultants, Phyllis Bischof, Barbara Christian, Alan Dundes, George Fredrickson, Bruce Jackson, Winthrop Jordan, Leon Litwack, Lawrence Levine, Erskine Peters, Robert Toll, Patricia Turner ; produced in association with KQED.
Terms Of Use
Includes public performance rights. MnManS
Language
In English.
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Added Author
Riggs, Marlon T., film director.
Rolle, Esther, narrator.
Collins, Rene, actor.
McGee, Derique, actor.
Fosselius, Ernie, voice actor.
Hoffmann, Deborah, editor of moving image work.
Watkins, Mary, composer (expression)
Roberts, Calvin, director of photography.
Bischof, Phyllis, consultant.
Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000, consultant.
Dundes, Alan, consultant.
Fredrickson, George M., 1934-2008, consultant.
Jackson, Bruce, 1963- consultant.
Jordan, Winthrop D., consultant.
Litwack, Leon F., consultant.
Levine, Lawrence W., consultant.
Peters, Erskine, consultant.
Toll, Robert C., consultant.
Turner, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1955- consultant.
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), production company.
Signifyin' Works (Firm), production company.
California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1889
Sc Visual VRA-701 VHS
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