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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Fierce love, stories from black gay life
Names
Branner, Bernard (Author)
Freeman, Brian, 1955- (Performer)
Freeman, Brian, 1955- (Director)
Gupton, Eric (Composer)
Belcher, Jonathan (Lighting designer)
Pomo Afro Homos (Theater group) (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
National Performance Network (Performer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1991
Table of Contents
Order of scenes: We are -- Men on men -- I don't want to hear it -- The visitation -- Sad young man -- Red bandanas -- Good hands -- Just us club -- Black like me -- For Jimmy (from James Baldwin, Just above my head) -- Silently into the night -- Towards a black queer rhythm nation -- We are (reprise).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8429
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6015 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
African American gays
Drama
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop Economy Tires Theater and the National Performance Network ; written and performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton) ; directed by Brian Freeman.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/production credits: Choreography, Bernard Djola Branner ; a cappella music, Eric Gupton ; costumes, Eugene "Yo" Rodriguez ; lighting, Jonathan Belcher.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on October 3, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (81 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Theater piece combining text, dance and music, performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Postmodern African American Homosexuals), a company based in San Francisco.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F538
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430536
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d18254c0-875f-0135-2f7c-00c1f1648ede
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1991: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fierce love, stories from black gay life" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d820ed0d-6df2-41bc-8a5a-5215d67b519f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fierce love, stories from black gay life" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d820ed0d-6df2-41bc-8a5a-5215d67b519f

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Fierce love, stories from black gay life Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d820ed0d-6df2-41bc-8a5a-5215d67b519f

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Fierce love, stories from black gay life