Bearden Plays Bearden [Original Televised Material] (1984) | Documentary, Art History

Study of artist Romare Bearden and how his southern roots and years in Harlem have influenced his paintings and collages. In depicting, through his paintings, the black experience in America, he has been compared to such blues/jazz artists as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington.
Dir. Nelson E. Breen
Narrated by James Earl Jones; featuring, Ntozake Shange, James Baldwin, Alvin Ailey; Joseph Campbell; Albert Murray.
Originally aired on PBS. Distributed on DVD in 2012.
No monetary gain posted for educational purposes ONLY.
Authentic original copy.
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[@christhomas3334]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 great documentary

[@LeeroyGreezy-zt7jk]

This is so lowkey✌🏾thank you🙏🏾

[@_bushteawoman]

Ntozake's words are so affirming and appropriate for Bearden's work.

[@annetteyoung8343]

This was such a gem. One of my favorite parts was beginning at the 29:58 mark and an author named Al Murray was speaking about how art is about how it feels to be a human being without representative figures of it, for it is what you see, and it involves the human feelings as the raw materials itself.

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❤❤❤❤❤

[@simonerene]

Thank you!

[@TomaBeats81]

Thank you so much for this!!

[@jeromebrown6626]

A wow

[@Fabric-Layerism]

Great doco on Bearden, to learn about his life and work