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From These Roots
From These Roots

FROM THESE ROOTS

Directed by William Greaves
United States, 1974
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Uses still photographs and filmed sequences to recreate the social and political climate of the Harlem renaissance—a period of great artistic and cultural activity in the 1920’s which had, and still has, a profound influence on black American art and self-awareness and life-style.

Synopsis

Uses still photographs and filmed sequences to recreate the social and political climate of the Harlem renaissance—a period of great artistic and cultural activity in the 1920’s which had, and still has, a profound influence on black American art and self-awareness and life-style.