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SUMMARY:...& Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nFree admission. No advance 
 reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your 
 ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come\, first served 
 basis. The box office will open one hour before the event.\n\nIntroduction 
 by Josslyn Luckett\, Associate Professor\, Cinema Studies Tisch School of 
 the Arts\, New York University\n\n...& Beautiful\n\nYear: 1969\nCountry: 
 U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 60 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nWorld 
 Premiere of New Preservation\n\nWith original commercials\n\nHosted by 
 comedian Redd Foxx\, …& Beautiful was the first syndicated television 
 special produced for African American audiences to be sponsored by a 
 Black-owned company (Johnson Products\, makers of Afro Sheen). Directed by 
 trailblazer Mark Warren\, the first African American to win an Emmy Award 
 in a directing category (for his work on Laugh-In)\, the groundbreaking 
 music-variety special offered viewers a rare primetime showcase 
 foregrounding Black excellence and pride. Dynamically stylized with 
 Afrocentric and psychedelic designs and costuming\, the vibrant production 
 represents an invaluable late-’60s audiovisual time capsule documenting 
 the joy\, liberation and empowerment of the Black Is Beautiful 
 movement.—Mark Quigley\n\nDCP. Syndicated. Production: Western Video 
 Production. Executive Producer: Richard Gottlieb. Producer: Mark Warren. 
 Director: Mark Warren. Writer: Cal Wilson. With: Redd Foxx\, Della Reese\, 
 Donald McKayle Dancers.\n\nPreservation funding provided by the John H. 
 Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. Preserved by the UCLA Film & 
 Television Archive from an original 2 in. videotape. Engineering services 
 by CBS Media Exchange.
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://calendar.library.ucla.edu/event/16741615
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