The conference’s final thematic focus was the role of formal innovation in defining and developing a Black aesthetics for the future. These seven poets explore directions which are “pushing the envelope” of African American poetic expression. Poets in this episode: Tyehimba Jess, Evie Shockley, Jericho Brown, Mendi Lewise Obadike, Thomas Sayers Ellis, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
Furious Flower III. Episode 4, The Flowering of African American Poetry Today.
California Newsreel, 2015.; [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Title from title frames.; Film; In Process Record.
Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2015.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
V. Gabbin, Joanne, film director.
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