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Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Features Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlingetti, outspoken contemporary poets, and studies their poetic engagement and direct involvement with events in the contemporary world. Depicts the two poets in various settings in San Francisco such as the San Francisco City Lights Bookshop. Offers a reading of poems and excerpts of such poems as "Who to be King to," "From New York to San Fran," "The Guru," "Howl and Other Poems," "Notes for Howl and Other Poems," "Dog," and "The Situation in the West."
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Depicts Michael McClure, an experimental poet who has written in many styles, and Brother Antoninus, a Dominican lay brother who is distinguished as a poet because of his unique combination of poetry reading and dramatic encounters with his audiences. Touches upon McClure's use of hallucinogenic drugs for achieving poetry that speaks directly out of the emotions and his experimental system of developing poetry through the use of words printed on cards which are shuffled to create poems at random. Places the viewer in the audience during one of Brother Antoninus' celebrated readings.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Probes the characteristics distinguishing Black Humor from other literature. Explores its historical perspectives and present forms. Illustrates a series of line drawings while a synopsis of Friedman's novel Stern is read.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Opens with an interview involving Nkosi, Soyinka, and featured guest, Achebe. Focuses on the craft and work of Achebe himself and questions whether he deliberately avoids passing moral judgment. Shows Achebe discussing the influences which have shaped his artistic life and recounting experiences from a U. S. visit. Closes with an examination of the traditional novel and a possible new African novel form.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Introduces Claes Oldenburg, his studio, and his reasons for doing what he does. Shows how he works and presents many examples of his works, from plaster and enamel sculptures of food and clothing to his "soft sculptures" of ordinary household objects and furniture in canvas and vinyl. Depicts the opening of his major exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Traces the development of American jazz dance, from tap dancing through the stylized theatrical form of the 1900s and orchestrated jazz of the Thirties, to the cool, abstract music of the Sixties. Demonstrates the basic steps of tap dance (sand, shuffle, waltz clog, time step, buck and wing) as performed by Honi Coles. Presents Paula Kelly, Dudley Williams, and William Luther dancing to "Storyville, New Orleans" and the music recorded by Jelly Roll Morton, and Grover Dale and Michel Harty dancing in "Idiom 59" and to recorded music of the same title by Duke Ellington. Presents John Butler's choreography of music by Gunther Schuller (variations on a theme by John Lewis, ("django") danced by John Butler, Mary Hinkson, and Buzz Miller.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Documents the creation of a ballet, "Lovers," by Glen Tetley as well as an exploration of the costumes, music, storyline, choreography, stage sets, and people involved with the production itself. Illustrates what goes into a production of this nature and the integration of the parts into final performance. Shows the people involved during practice, in their studios and homes, and during the final performance on stage.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Examines French African literature and the concept of "negritude," the idea of a unique African collective personality. Visits a classroom in Nyasaland, where the teacher-poet Rubadiri discusses Soyinka's poem "Telephone Conversation." Presents President Senghor of Senegal, also an admired poet, who speaks on the concept of "negritude." Closes with an interview of Dr. Fonlon in Cameroon, who discusses dangers facing African literature.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
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Introduces the personalities and works of Denise Levertov and Charles Olson through their readings and approaches to poetry. Shows Levertov in her home where she discusses her reasons for becoming a poet, her methods of work, and reads "Life at War," "Losing Track," "The Ache of Marriage," and "Two Angels." Visits Olson in his home where he describes and analyzes his concept of open verse composition and recites several of his poems, including "Letter 27 Maximus to Dogtown," and "The Librarian."