Talking the Talk

Synopsis

Brother Niyi and Zena Edwards are two young black poets whose work is directly confrontational in that it confirms the relevance of poetry in black popular culture today.

Series

Black Arts Video Project, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 min.

Year of production

199

Availability

Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Subjects

English language and literature; Music

Keywords

black communities; poetry

Credits

Director

Marina Warsama

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.