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["The Best of Lisbon Elementary Dance" VHS] captions transcript

["The Best of Lisbon Elementary Dance" VHS]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a live dance performance at H.I. Holland Elementary School at Lisbon in Dallas Texas. The footage shows a small school auditorium stage with varying groups of students performing dance choreography for an audience of parents directed by Soloman Espie. Throughout the performance teachers take the microphone to speak.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: Espie, Soloman
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JBAAL "Zanzibar" promo video on DVD] captions transcript

[JBAAL "Zanzibar" promo video on DVD]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a PSA produced by JBAAL to advertise for the musical comedy "Zanzibar" to be held in March of 1990. The DVD footage shows a man with audio headphones sitting on a stool and talking to the camera about the upcoming production. The promo videos ends at the 1:45 minute mark. Zanzibar was the premier production in the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date: Spring 1990
Creator: Magnetic Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Walter Cronkite presented by Baylor University Medical Center Foundation] captions transcript

[Walter Cronkite presented by Baylor University Medical Center Foundation]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a high profile formal evening event featuring broadcaster Walter Cronkite. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years. The event was put on by Baylor University Medical Center Foundation on May 10th, 1990.
Date: May 10, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Book Fair held at Brown Media Center] captions transcript

[Book Fair held at Brown Media Center]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a book fair held in a library space believed to be the Brown Media Center for Black Images and Books on April 25th 1990. The footage shows individuals and students perusing the fair and chatting with each other about books they hold and show one another.
Date: April 25, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Daring to Dream" documentary with interviews] captions transcript

["Daring to Dream" documentary with interviews]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of the photo documentary "Daring to Dream" on December 9th, 1990. The footage, hosted by Cynthia Tinselly, shows a slideshow of photographs paired with interviews of prominent African American historians and community members on the topic of their lived childhood and young adult experience growing up black during the civil rights movement.
Date: December 9, 1990
Creator: McKnight, Dr. Mamie; Simmons, Katina; King, Clennon L.; Watson, Reed D.; Seymour, Shelly & Grimm, Mike
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mandela Address at Washington Convention Center captions transcript

Mandela Address at Washington Convention Center

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Video recording of archival news footage by National Cable Satellite Corporation (C-SPAN) on South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela addressed a rally at the Washington Convention Center during his 3-day visit to the city.
Date: June 26, 1990
Creator: C-Span
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Televised Celebration with host Eddie Murphy] captions transcript

[Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Televised Celebration with host Eddie Murphy]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a televised celebration event hosted by Eddie Murphy Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th anniversary. The footage shows various celebrities speaking and performing on a stage in front of a large audience broken up with clips of Sammy Davis Jr. throughout his career.
Date: February 4, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Symphony in Black: Discovered Treasures"] captions transcript

["Symphony in Black: Discovered Treasures"]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Symphony in Black: Discovered Treasures" concert held on Saturday, July, 14th, 1990. The concert features the music of Black composers performed by the Houston Scott Joplin Orchestra and the First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park choir.
Date: July 14, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JBAAL season opening remarks] captions transcript

[JBAAL season opening remarks]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a season opening event featuring speaker Curtis King on March 30th 1990. The tape show King and others speaking at a microphone to volunteers and attendees. The speaking portion is followed by singers and musicians.
Date: March 30, 1990
Creator: King, Curtis
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dallas "Black Living Legends" awards ceremony with choir] captions transcript

[Dallas "Black Living Legends" awards ceremony with choir]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Black Living Legends" awards ceremony at the Naomi Burton Theatre. The footage shows a large choir with young adult performers on stage followed by speakers acknowledging the honorees who sit split on risers on either side of the stage.
Date: December 17, 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JBAAL "Zanzibar" PSA tape] captions transcript

[JBAAL "Zanzibar" PSA tape]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a PSA produced by JBAAL to advertise for the musical comedy "Zanzibar" to be held in March of 1990. The footage shows a man with audio headphones sitting on a stool and talking to the camera about the upcoming production.
Date: March 1990
Creator: Magnetic Productions & Nutson, "Blade" J.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WFAA Brian Custer interviews] captions transcript

[WFAA Brian Custer interviews]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during recording takes for WFAA channel 11 interviews with Brian Custer on the Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert. The Betacam footage shows Custer interviewing involved individuals such as the choir conductor, choir member who have a long repeated history with the event.
Date: [1990..2010]
Creator: WFAA-TV Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Sweet Songs of the Soul" starring Melba Moore] captions transcript

["Sweet Songs of the Soul" starring Melba Moore]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their theatrical production "Sweet Songs of the Soul" starring Melba Moore. The VHS footage shows Moore playing a one-woman show. The video itself is overall very dark and details of the location and other individuals are obscured.
Date: [1990..2010]
Creator: Moore, Melba
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["African-American Artists in Iowa" featuring Jean Berry] captions transcript

["African-American Artists in Iowa" featuring Jean Berry]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a tape of "African-American Artists in Iowa". The VHS tape features a spot on charcoal artist Jean Berry which includes segments from her studio, client and local art dealer interviews.
Date: [1990..2005]
Creator: Berry, Jean; Redcross, Mercer & Michalette, Chris
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Omega Productions demo reel for concert videography] captions transcript

[Omega Productions demo reel for concert videography]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a demo reel sample from Omega Productions Company. The VHS footage shows a reel of footage featuring multiple concert events at various venues and with various musicians. The tape is meant to advertise concert videography and editing.
Date: [1990..2010]
Creator: Omega Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Ebony Embers" performance] captions transcript

["Ebony Embers" performance]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Ebony Embers" written and directed by Akin Babatunde. The VHS footage shows a contemporary dance and theatrical performance given by African American performers. The tape shows act I of the play entitled "The Throne" and concludes with a separate event of a woman dancing in a backyard garden in the snow.
Date: [1990..2003]
Creator: Jeannie Girl Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JBAAL Visions Documentary, extended version] captions transcript

[JBAAL Visions Documentary, extended version]

Video footage provided The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of various milestone performances and events in the academy's history compiled into a video telling the story of the organization. The footage highlights the academies' rise to national influence in the black arts in the sectors of dance, theatre, music, film, television, and the visual arts. The video includes individuals that have performed under the name of the organization and staff members
Date: 1990~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["African American Doll Illuminations" James E. Kemp Gallery] captions transcript

["African American Doll Illuminations" James E. Kemp Gallery]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the duration of the "African American Doll Illuminations" exhibit highlighting historical and contemporary dolls and their doll makers. The video shows an unnarrated walk-through of the exhibition space with various close-up shots of details in clothing and accessories of the dolls along with pauses to allow the reading of artist descriptions. The exhibit was held between March 18th and May 20th, 1990 through the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters visual arts exhibition program.
Date: 1990-03-18/1990-05-20
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[FBCHP documentary voice over by Larry Mullings, 2] captions transcript

[FBCHP documentary voice over by Larry Mullings, 2]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded for the First Baptist Church of Hamilton Parks' retrospective documentary "From Dumpin' Grounds". The footage, after a brief news clip, goes white and serves as a voice-over test for narrator Larry Mullings.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: Mullings, Larry
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Black Composers: An Unsung Muse"] captions transcript

["Black Composers: An Unsung Muse"]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a educational documentary celebrating the history and current accomplishments of black choral performers, conductors and composers. The footage shows vocal performances, photos and interviews covering the topic from the late 19th century to the present.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: Ktop-tv
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Printmaker Elizabeth Catlett retrospective exhibit full video, 2] captions transcript

[Printmaker Elizabeth Catlett retrospective exhibit full video, 2]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during printmaker Elizabeth Catletts' retrospective exhibit titled "Fifty Years of Printmaking". The footage shows an interrupted close-up of the gallery wall followed by individual close-ups of prints. The footage pertaining to the exhibit cuts to bars at the 7:04 mark and switches to still pertaining to the 1990 Mesquite Rodeo Championship.
Date: [1990-06..1990-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Broadcast recording of a sitcom and a JBAAL news spot] captions transcript

[Broadcast recording of a sitcom and a JBAAL news spot]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a television broadcast featuring a sitcom followed by a news spot on the black academy over footage of a choir performing. The footage ends with a solo female dancer in white. The tape goes to black at the 23:37 minute mark.
Date: [1990..2010]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Ebony Embers" and women in the snow] captions transcript

["Ebony Embers" and women in the snow]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Ebony Embers" written and directed by Akin Babatunde. The footage shows a contemporary dance and theatrical performance given by African American performers. The tape shows act I of the play entitled "The Throne" and concludes with a separate event of a woman dancing in a backyard garden in the snow.
Date: [1990..2003]
Creator: Jeanie Girl Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News broadcast featuring Miami Vice and a soap opera] captions transcript

[News broadcast featuring Miami Vice and a soap opera]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a television broadcast covering advertisements for Mi Am I Magazine and Miami Vice followed by a news interview covering an upcoming Marth Luther King Jr. concert to be held at the black academy. The tape ends with an episode of a soap opera featuring actor Philip Michael Thomas.
Date: [1990..1996]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library