John Henry at Hampton
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John Henry at Hampton: A Kind of Student Who Makes Good is a 1913 American film made to promote Hampton Institute.[1] It was made after the 1909 film A Trip to Tuskegee about Tuskegee Institute, which was followed up on with the 1913 film A Day at Tuskegee.[2][3] The films were shown to African American audiences at segregated venues such as theaters and churches.[4] The film depicted the transformative positive influence of a Hampton education.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ PhD, Allyson Nadia Field (November 16, 2009). "John Henry Goes to Carnegie Hall: Motion Picture Production at Southern Black Agricultural and Industrial Institutes (1909–13)". Journal of Popular Film and Television. 37 (3): 106–115. doi:10.1080/01956050903218075. S2CID 143895471 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ^ "Silent No More". UCLA Magazine.
- ^ a b Goldman, Tanya. "Constructing An African-American Film History In the Absence of Films: Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity, by Allyson Nadia Field – Senses of Cinema".
- ^ College, UCLA. "Digital humanities students shine a light on the history of African American filmmakers – UCLA College".
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