James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket documentary film collection

id
11334
origination
Thorsen, Karen
date statement
ca. 1989
key date
1989
identifier (local_mss)
185437
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 851
b-number
b22352818
total components
44
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2021-02-01 22:13:30 UTC
updated
2022-03-28 17:41:08 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"ca. 1989", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1989", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"<span class=\"title\">James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket</span> documentary film collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Thorsen, Karen", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"fmd"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The feature-length 16mm documentary <span class=\"title\">James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket</span>, directed by Karen Thorsen in 1989, is an autobiographical portrait of writer and activist James Baldwin. Without using narration, the film allows Baldwin to tell his own story. It premiered on <span class=\"title\">American Masters</span>, a PBS show, in 1989. Since then, repeated PBS broadcasts have reached millions of people. The film received numerous awards and was honored at festivals in over two-dozen countries, including Sundance, London, Berlin, and Tokyo. Co-written and produced by Karen Thorsen and Douglas K. Dempsey, the film uses archival and original footage, including scenes from Baldwin's funeral service; explorations of his homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem; and on-camera interviews with close friends, colleagues, and critics including his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed, and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger, and entertainer Bobby Short.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of material used to make the film including notebooks and binders prepared by the production crew documenting the resources acquired during film research; transcripts of interviews; research forms; stock footage research; book tour itineraries and promotional items; articles about Baldwin; FBI files on Baldwin; eulogies and memorials; and reviews.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This collection was acquired by the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division in 1998. The paper documentation was separated in 2011-2012 from the audio-visual collection housed in MIRS.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Also found in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:</p> <p>James Baldwin papers, Sc MG 936</p> <p>James Baldwin's \"Five Years\" poetry manuscript, Sc MG 934</p> <p>Ten Screenplays for Malcolm X Film collection, Sc MG 969</p>"}
bibliography
{"id"=>"aspace_66d8cb99f957a6d8b8320412920f4c1a", "value"=>"<p>American Masters, PBS. \"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket--Film Synopsis.\" Accessed December 23, 2020, https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/james-baldwin-film-synopsis/2647/.</p>"}
date_start
1989
keydate
1989
date_end
1989
date_inclusive_start
1989
date_inclusive_end
1989
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], <span class=\"title\">James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket</span> documentary film collection, Sc MG 851, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The feature-length 16mm documentary <span class=\"title\">James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket</span>, directed by Karen Thorsen in 1989, is an autobiographical portrait of writer and activist James Baldwin. Without using narration, the film allows Baldwin to tell his own story. It premiered on <span class=\"title\">American Masters</span>, a PBS show, in 1989. Since then, repeated PBS broadcasts have reached millions of people. The film received numerous awards and was honored at festivals in over two-dozen countries, including Sundance, London, Berlin, and Tokyo. Co-written and produced by Karen Thorsen and Douglas K. Dempsey, the film uses archival and original footage, including scenes from Baldwin's funeral service; explorations of his homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem; and on-camera interviews with close friends, colleagues, and critics including his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed, and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger, and entertainer Bobby Short. This collection consists of material used to make the film including notebooks and binders prepared by the production crew documenting the resources acquired during film research; transcripts of interviews; research forms; stock footage research; book tour itineraries and promotional items; articles about Baldwin; FBI files on Baldwin; eulogies and memorials; and reviews.", "generated"=>true}

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