Special Feature - Juneteenth Production Documentaries
For My People: The Life & Writing of Margaret Walker (30 min, 1998)
26m
Combining conversations with Margaret Walker, selections of her reading and commentary from leading scholars, this film gives long-overdue recognition to one of the seminal figures of 20th century American literature. At the heart of her poetry are the rhythms of African and
African American speech and music as she aspired “to write the songs of my people.”
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