Vibrations: Black Storytelling

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Film Date
1/16/89
Film Reference Number
V62136-17
Description
Episode of KPIX-TV series Vibrations presented by Cecil Williams on January 16th 1989 featuring a consideration of what the art of storytelling means to African Americans. Includes interviews with Theresa Bonner-Payne Luissah Teish and Diane Ferlatte who share a few stories and explain how their work benefits the community. Teish states that: "A storyteller is a historian. One who keeps the information of the people in a dramatic form and an emotional language."
Format
3/4 inch U-matic video tape