Bearden plays Bearden

Breen, Nelson E. (Director, Author). Bell, Richard E., 1953- (Production personnel). Allen, Billie. (Author). Jones, James Earl. (Narrator). Bearden, Romare -- 1911-1988 (Added Author). Third World Cinema Productions. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: Study of artist Romare Bearden and how his southern roots and years in Harlem have influenced his paintings and collages. In depicting, through his paintings, the black experience in America, he has been compared to such blues/jazz artists as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.

Record details

Physical Description: videodisc
2 videodiscs (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videorecording
Publisher: [St. Petersburg, Fla.] : Third World Cinema Production, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released in 1980. "PBS"--Container spine.
Formatted Contents Note:	disc 1. 28 min. version ; 59 min. version -- disc 2. Bonus features: Influences on Romare Bearden; Conversation: Alvin Ailey, James Baldwin, Bearden & Al Murray; Printmaking; Naming paintings; "The Block"; A poem by Romare Bearden; Cinque Gallery; Romare Bearden Foundation video; End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Julius Potocsny ; editor, Harry Howard ; music, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, James Earl Jones.
Target Audience Note:	General.
System Details Note:	DVD; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, library, classroom, ILL.