["Black Art - Ancestral Legacy" art exhibition documentary]

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.

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1 cassette (VHS) (43 min., 17 sec.) : sd., col.

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Simmons, Katina; Stepneski, Mark & Nance, Daryl 1989/1990.

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in support of the Black Art: Ancestral Legacy art exhibition shown at the Dallas Museum of Art from December 3rd, 1989 to February 25th, 1990. The exhibition focused on the African impulse on African American Art. The footage is a documentary-style video featuring narration, art historian, and artist commentary on the exhibition.

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1 cassette (VHS) (43 min., 17 sec.) : sd., col.

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Note enclosed with VHS, February 27, 1990 - To All the artists, musicians, scholars, and good people who helped in the production of "Black Art - Ancestral Legacy," thank you, we couldn't have done it without you. Enclosed please find a copy of our program. We hope you enjoy it. Cheers! Katrina Simmons, producer NBC5.

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  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Simmons, Katina; Stepneski, Mark & Nance, Daryl. ["Black Art - Ancestral Legacy" art exhibition documentary], video, 1989/1990; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1921276/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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