| Description |
1 online resource (61 min., 36 sec.) : flv. file, color, sound |
| Series |
Academic Video Online |
| Summary |
'Paris Noir - African Americans in the City of Light' is the most comprehensive and compelling documentary on the remarkable migration of pioneering African Americans who sought freedom from America's strife and found acceptance and great achievement abroad. Beginning with World War I soldiers, the film weaves together the contributions and influence of writers, musicians, intellectuals, entertainers and artists in Paris of the 1920s to 1950s. Rare photographs and footage show never-before-seen images of Josephine Baker as she evolved from showgirl to WWII spy, brings together the Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Claude McKay with their Caribbean and African counterparts Leopold Senghor, Aimé Cesaire and the Nardal sisters. Viewers follow Lt. James Reese Europe and his 369th Harlem Infantry Regiment onto the WWI battlefields-then relive the exciting explosion of jazz in Paris' nightclubs of Montmartre. Artists Henry Ossawa Tanner and Augusta Savage--among others--literally paint a vibrant picture of growth of the African American talent on French soil. One film festival director calls it "an important history-based film that still reverberates in today's racialized climate". 'Paris Noir' is suitable for all ages and audiences |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2021) |
| Credits |
Associate producer, Julia Brown ; cameraman, David Burke ; film editor, Joanne Burke |
| Performer |
Commentators include Tyler Stovall, Jake Lamar, Robert O'Meally, Brent Hayes Edwards, Almeta Speaks, Julia Browne, Jennifer Wilks, Mamadou Diouf, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Ricki Stevenson, Richard Powell, Rashida Braggs, Terri Francis, Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Velma Bury, Theresa Leininger-Miller, Barbara Chase Riboud, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting |
| Notes |
In English |
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African Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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African American artists -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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Toleration -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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African American artists
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African Americans
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Intellectual life
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Manners and customs
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Race relations
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Toleration
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Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Paris (France) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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France -- Paris
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Streaming video
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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History
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Burke, Joanne (Film producer, director and editor), director, producer, film editor.
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Burke, David, 1936- screenwriter.
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Koshland, Phylssa, film producer.
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Blue Lion Films, Inc. (Firm) production company
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