BMA: Black Media Archive show

BMA: Black Media Archive

Summary: The Black Media Archive is a multi-media collection of African and African-American history, including speeches, archival video, movies, music, and more. It exists as a central resource of Black history in multi-media formats.

Podcasts:

 Episode 262: James Cone | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:20:09

In this interview, author and theologian James Cone is interviewed by Bob Scott from the Trinity Institute (2008).

 Episode 259: Malcolm X (part 3) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 47:02

The conclusion of the 1994 PBS documentary "Malcolm X: Make it Plain", an in-depth biographical account of the man.

 Episode 259: Malcolm X (part 3) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:47:02

The conclusion of the 1994 PBS documentary "Malcolm X: Make it Plain", an in-depth biographical account of the man.

 Episode 252: Apartheid in South Africa | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 34:06

This episode is a 1957 documentary film that explores South Africa's apartheid policy, focusing on issues such as race relations, political practices, and segregated dwellings. The footage includes several interviews with South African leaders.

 Episode 252: Apartheid in South Africa | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:34:06

This episode is a 1957 documentary film that explores South Africa's apartheid policy, focusing on issues such as race relations, political practices, and segregated dwellings. The footage includes several interviews with South African leaders.

 Episode 251: Reverend Peter J. Gomes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:10

This episode is the commencement speech delivered May 16, 2010 at St. Lawrence University by the distinguished Reverend Peter J. Gomes, where he was awarded an honorary degree of doctorate of divinity.

 Episode 251: Reverend Peter J. Gomes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:10

This episode is the commencement speech delivered May 16, 2010 at St. Lawrence University by the distinguished Reverend Peter J. Gomes, where he was awarded an honorary degree of doctorate of divinity.

 Episode 250: "Cabin in the Sky" (part 2) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 46:36

You can now find the BMA on Facebook with our group "The BMA: Black Media Archive Theatre". Check us out. Movie: The conclusion of "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), a groundbreaking production for its time due to the decision to use an all-African-American cast. Based on the Broadway musical it starred Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Lena Horne in her first and only leading role in an MGM musical.

 Episode 250: "Cabin in the Sky" (part 2) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:46:36

You can now find the BMA on Facebook with our group "The BMA: Black Media Archive Theatre". Check us out. Movie: The conclusion of "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), a groundbreaking production for its time due to the decision to use an all-African-American cast. Based on the Broadway musical it starred Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Lena Horne in her first and only leading role in an MGM musical.

 Episode 250: "Cabin in the Sky" (part 1) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 52:27

You can now find the BMA on Facebook with our group "The BMA: Black Media Archive Theatre". Check us out. Movie: "Cabin in the Sky" (1943) was a groundbreaking production for its time due to the decision to use an all-African-American cast. Based on the Broadway musical it starred Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Lena Horne in her first and only leading role in an MGM musical.

 Episode 250: "Cabin in the Sky" (part 1) | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:52:27

You can now find the BMA on Facebook with our group "The BMA: Black Media Archive Theatre". Check us out. Movie: "Cabin in the Sky" (1943) was a groundbreaking production for its time due to the decision to use an all-African-American cast. Based on the Broadway musical it starred Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Lena Horne in her first and only leading role in an MGM musical.

 Episode 249: Lena Horne | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:10

This episode is an interview with Lena Horne in which the singer discusses her life and career. This interview was conducted by Gene Dealessi, and originally broadcast on April 12, 1966.

 Episode 249: Lena Horne | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:10

This episode is an interview with Lena Horne in which the singer discusses her life and career. This interview was conducted by Gene Dealessi, and originally broadcast on April 12, 1966.

 Episode 248: "Five Artists" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 29:50

This episode is the documentary film "Five Artists" (1971) which spotlights the work of five accomplished Black American artists: Barbara Chase-Riboud, a sculptor living in Paris; Charles White, a painter in Los Angeles; Betty Blanton, a painter-collage artist and director of the MoMA Art School in Harlem; Richard Hunt, a sculptor in Chicago; and Romare Bearden, a New York painter who uses collages and cut-outs.

 Episode 248: "Five Artists" | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:29:50

This episode is the documentary film "Five Artists" (1971) which spotlights the work of five accomplished Black American artists: Barbara Chase-Riboud, a sculptor living in Paris; Charles White, a painter in Los Angeles; Betty Blanton, a painter-collage artist and director of the MoMA Art School in Harlem; Richard Hunt, a sculptor in Chicago; and Romare Bearden, a New York painter who uses collages and cut-outs.

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