American Masters

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

Directed by Avon Kirkland, Elise Robertson
TV-14
S16 • E7    Feb 19, 2002    90m
6.5
An examination of the life and influence of writer Ralph Ellison, whose only novel "Invisible Man" was a watershed work in African-American literature. Dramatic recreations from the novel are featured to complement the perspectives of several major African-American writers and scholars on Ellison's role regarding the continuing issue of race in America; Toni Morrison reads excerpts from Ellison's uncompleted second novel "Juneteenth."

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Cast of Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

  • Andre BraugherNarrator
  • John AmosDr. Bledsoe
  • Paul BenjaminGrandfather
  • Jacques C. SmithInvisible Man
  • Amiri BarakaSelf
  • Stanley CrouchSelf
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
  • Toni MorrisonSelf
  • Clyde TaylorSelf
  • Cornel WestSelf
  • A'da Alison WoolfolkMattie Lou Trueblood
  • Avon KirklandDirector / Writer / Executive Producer
  • Elise RobertsonDirector
  • Anne SeidlitzContributing Writer
  • Laurie CoyleAssociate Producer
  • Susan LacyProducer
  • Henry AdebonojoCinematographer
  • Robert ShepardCinematographer
  • Barry StoneCinematographer
  • Ken SchneiderEditor

 

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