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The Negro ensemble company
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The Negro Ensemble Company was founded in 1967 by actor/playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald Krone, with the stated goal of creating "a Theater of Excellen...
The Negro Ensemble Company was founded in 1967 by actor/playwright Douglas Turner Ward, actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald Krone, with the stated goal of creating "a Theater of Excellence concentrating primarily on themes of black life. By producing consistently imaginative and challenging plays, the NEC has nurtured some of the finest theatrical talent in America and has created an enduring body of black theater literature. This program features scenes from some of its most outstanding plays, including The River Niger (with Roxy Roker and Douglas Turner Ward), Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (with Glynn Thurman and Roz Cash), and Soldier's Story (with Adolphe Caesar and Denzel Washington)
Details
- Creator
- Kilberg, Richard
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2008], c1987
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736566834
- OCLC
- ocn707971105
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Sept. 21, 2008.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Black Themes/Black Actors (3:11) -- Authentic Reflection of Black Life (3:13) -- Black Theater and Civil Rights (2:49) -- Black Satirical Theater (2:59) -- Birth of Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) (3:09) -- First Performance of the Negro Ensemble Company (2:47) -- Whites Protest Anti-Imperialist Message (3:40) -- Violent Race Relations (3:09) -- Plight of Black Working Class (4:44) -- Performance Success/Financial Struggle for Theater Troupe (5:27) -- Negro Ensemble Company on Tour (5:34) -- Dark Side of Black Truths Presented on Stage (4:12) -- Racial Hatred in America (5:17) -- Legacy of Negro Ensemble Company (2:32)