Africa's great civilizations, series producer, Graeme Hart ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer/directors, Mark Bates, Karen McGann and Virginia Quinn ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. in association with Nutopia Limited
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Africa's great civilizations, series producer, Graeme Hart ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer/directors, Mark Bates, Karen McGann and Virginia Quinn ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. in association with Nutopia Limited
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Africa's great civilizations
Oclc number
974597028
Responsibility statement
series producer, Graeme Hart ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; producer/directors, Mark Bates, Karen McGann and Virginia Quinn ; a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. in association with Nutopia Limited
Runtime
360
Summary
"Africa's Great Civilizations In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent's history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe, to the pyramids of Meroe, and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. The epic story that he tells is full of surprises and unexpected connections, helping us to appreciate the collective and individual genius of Africans who, across thousands of years, built civilizations and empires, fought wars, established great cities, furthered and spread learning, and created some of the most sublime art and architecture in human history."--Shoppbs.org
Technique
live action
Contributor
- WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
- Goold, Ben
- McGee Media (Firm)
- Kunhardt, Peter W.
- Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
- Bates, Mark, (Television director)
- Inkwell Films (Firm)
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- McGee, Dyllan
- Quinn, Virginia
- Root, Jane, 1957-
- Howe, Tom, 1977-
- McGann, Karen
- Hart, Graeme, (Television producer)
- Nutopia (Firm)
- Kunhardt Films (Firm)
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- Feature films
- Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles
- Nonfiction television programs
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Documentaires télévisés
- DVD-Video discs
- Documentary television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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- Africa
- DVD-Video discs
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- Africa -- History
- history
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- documentary films (form)
- Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction
- Africa -- Civilization
- Documentary television programs
- culture
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- architecture
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Africa
- Nonfiction television programs
- African culture
- Afrique -- Histoire
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
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- Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles
- Nonfiction television programs
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Documentaires télévisés
- DVD-Video discs
- Documentary television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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- Documentary television programs
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- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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