The Museum of Modern Art's department of film : how two public film programs addressed social and cultural conditions of African American communities

dc.contributor.advisorBolin, Paul Erik, 1954-en
dc.contributor.advisorAdejumo, Christopheren
dc.creatorDearlove, Rebecca Suzannen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T21:11:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:30:13Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T21:11:30Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:30:13Z
dc.date.issued2016-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2016-07-11T21:11:30Z
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film and its role during the mid-1960s into the 1970s as an educational institution that addressed the social and cultural conditions of African American communities. The study is framed around two public film programs known as Cinéprobe and What’s Happening?, concentrating on the years 1965-1974, during which the two programs were established. An examination is made of both programs as they progressed in the early years as educational programming for MoMA’s audience. In both programs, African American filmmakers were invited to share their films and to discuss the meaning and process of filmmaking to an audience unfamiliar of their work. Evidence that both programs were intended to be educational pursuits is examined, including museum memos, letters, press releases, and recorded audio. The study concludes by suggesting a historical reframing of film programs in the 1960s as pertinent to the field of art education.en
dc.description.departmentArt Educationen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2V97ZR7Den
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/39070en
dc.subjectAfrican American communitiesen
dc.subjectFilm programmingen
dc.subjectMuseumsen
dc.subjectEducational programsen
dc.subjectIndependent filmmakingen
dc.subjectSocial documentariesen
dc.subjectCommunity leadershipen
dc.subjectFilmen
dc.titleThe Museum of Modern Art's department of film : how two public film programs addressed social and cultural conditions of African American communitiesen
dc.typeThesisen
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