Name
Massiah, Louis (Film producer,Film director)
Bambara, Toni Cade (Screenwriter,Narrator)
Yao, Wynette (Film producer)
Leak, Lillian A. (Film producer)
Othmer, David (Film producer)
WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.) (Broadcaster)
Hart, Philip S. (Film producer,Screenwriter)
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Film producer)
Hart, Tanya (Screenwriter)
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Broadcaster)
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 (Former owner)
Title
Flyers in search of a dream (Seg.); The Emperor Jones (Seg.); The bombing of Osage Avenue
Abstract
Flyers in search of a dream: documentary spotlighting early African American aviators, including Bessie Coleman, William Powell, J. Herman Banning, Hubert Julian, Chicago Flyers, Tuskegee Airmen. Emperor Jones: 1933 film version starring Paul Robeson. The bombing of Osage Avenue: documentary on the 13 May 1985 Fire at the MOVE headquarters in Cobbs Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Collection Name
Amiri Baraka Papers
Archival Context
Series VIII: Audio/Visual. VHS. Box no. 82B
Subjects
Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Black nationalism; Air pilots; African American air pilots; Philadelphia (Pa.); United States; MOVE (Organization)
Format
video recordings
Genre
Documentary films; Feature films; Film adaptations
Publication Information
WGBH Video (Firm) ; United Artists Corporation ; WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.): Boston (Mass.) ; New York (N.Y.)? ; Philadelphia (Pa.). 1933
Date
Flyers in search of a dream: 1986 ; The emperor Jones: 1933 ; The bombing of Osage Avenue: 1986
Physical Description
1 video file (125 minutes)
Note
Original format: VHS
Note (Credits)
Flyers in search of a dream: producers, Philip Hart, Barbara Barrow-Murray ; writers Philip and Tanya Hart -- The emperor Jones : directed by Dudley Murphy ; screenplay by DuBose Heyward ; distributed by United Artists -- The bombing of Osage Avenue : producer/director Louis Massiah ; writer/narrator Toni Cade Bambara ; associate producers Wynette Yao, Lillian A. Leak ; videographers Keith Miller, Eric Sennhenn ; editor Michael Black ; executive producer David Othmer ; WHYY, Inc. 1986
Language
English
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-r958-2k66