Moving images and sound. At the beginning of 1952, about 19 million U.S. homes had a TV set; by the end of that decade, the number was 46.5 million. Film & TV interprets and defines the world we live in.
Stanley Nelson - a genius storyteller
Nelson’s oeuvre spans the range of documentary forms, an Emmy-winning MacArthur “genius” Fellow, is co-founder and Executive Director of Firelight Media, he provides technical, education and professional support to emerging documentarians; and co-founder of the for-profit documentary production company, Firelight Films. (READ MORE)
Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson was born in Hickory, Mississippi, on April 8, 1946. He spent the majority of his childhood in Freeport, Illinois. Johnson graduated from Freeport High School in 1964, and studied history at the University of Illinois. He then earned a master’s degree in international affairs from Princeton University.
Clarence Muse
Clarence Edouard Muse was born in 1889 in Baltimore. He was an African American lawyer, writer, director, composer, and actor.
After high school, Muse earned a degree in International Law from The Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania in 1911. Disgusted with the poor opportunities for Black lawyers, he then went into show business. Muse appeared as an opera singer, minstrel show performer, vaudeville and Broadway actor; he also wrote songs, plays, and sketches. An active participant in the burgeoning Black theater movement of the 1920s, Muse was a member of the progressive all-Black Lincoln Players. (READ MORE)