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A Study of Negro Artists (1935)

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A Study of Negro Artists (1935)
 Sponsor/Production Co.: Div. of Visual Experiment, Harmon Foundation. Directors/Writers: Evelyn S. Brown, Jules V.D. Bucher. Camera/Editor: Jules V.D. Bucher. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 1-inch video transfer of a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 51 minutes (silent, no music).

Review of the artistic achievements of African Americans. Among the artists profiled are Aaron Douglas, Richmond Barthe, James Allen, and Georgette Seabrook. Also spotlighted is an exhibition of African American art at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Note: The National Archives and Records Administration holds outtakes.

Resources
Association of Documentary Film Producers, Living Films: A Catalog of Documentary Films and Their Makers (New York: Association of Documentary Film Producers, 1940), 51; Negro Year Book: A Review of Events Affecting Negro Life, 1941–1946, ed. Jessie Parkhurst Guzman (Tuskegee, AL: Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Institute, 1947), 455.