Flyers in search of a dream (Seg.); The Emperor Jones (Seg.); The bombing of Osage Avenue
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- 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
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-r958-2k66