| Other author/creator | Smith, Llewellyn producer, director. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Vincent Aaron, 1967- producer. |
| Other author/creator | Herbes-Sommers, Christine producer. |
| Other author/creator | Vital Pictures (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Independent Television Service. |
| Other author/creator | California Newsreel (Firm) |
| Abstract |
This documentary traces the career of Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored, The Myth of the Negro Past. Rarely seen archival footage, provocative animation, and unique photo montage re-enactments propel the story and interviews from leading scholars of race and culture forward. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Tom Fahey ; animation, Susan Chien ... [et al.] ; editor, James Rutenbeck ; original music, Darryl Harper, Xavier Davis. |
| Performer |
Interviewees: K. Anthony Appiah, Lee D. Baker, Vincent Brown, Johnnetta Cole, Jean Herskovits Corry, Jerry Gershenhorn, Gelya Frank, Mae Ngai. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Closed captioned. |
| Genre/form | Biographical films. |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
