Cornbread Players: Jazz Night
Object Details
- Creator
- Cornbread Players
- Jones, Walter
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Cornbread Players
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- African American neighborhoods
- Neighborhoods
- African American families
- Drugs
- Creator
- Cornbread Players
- Jones, Walter
- See more items in
- Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
- Extent
- 1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
- Date
- circa 1970s
- Custodial History
- Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. "Jazz Night" was written and directed by Walter Jones.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003080
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Drama
- Citation
- Cornbread Players: Jazz Night, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings
- Drama
- Note
- 004906
- Scope and Contents
- The Cornbread Players, a professional acting company based in New York City, perform the play "Jazz Night," which was written and directed by Walter Jones. "Jazz Night" centers around a black family and their Saturday night gathering in an urban ghetto setting; drug use is an aspect of the play. As stated by the director, "Jazz Night" is about feeling people, rhythm, and music. A question and answer session follows the dramatic performance.
- Dramatic Performance. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1568815250523-1568815250680-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
