The HistoryMakers video oral history with Paul Carter Harrison.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 5 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2004.160
Subjects

Other author/creatorHarrison, Paul Carter, 1936-2021 interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Paul Carter Harrison
Portion of title Paul Carter Harrison
Abstract Playwright Paul Carter Harrison was born March 1, 1936 in New York City. Harrison graduated from Commerce High School in 1952 and from Indiana University with his B.A. degree in psychology in 1957. From there, he earned his M.A. degree from the New School for Social Research in 1962. He then spent seven years in Spain and the Netherlands, honing his writing and experimenting in ritual theatre. In 1968, he joined the faculty at Howard University, and then taught at the State University of California at Sacramento, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Theatre Center of Chicago's Columbia College. His students included Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen and Pearl Cleage. His play, The Great McDaddy won an Obie Award in 1973. Harrison's books include The Drama of Nommo and Totem Voices: Plays From the Black World Repertory (1972), and Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora (2003).
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded New York, New York 2004 September 14.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2004.160 HistoryMakers