Richard wright biography video walt disney

Richard Wright - Black Boy is the first documentary film on the life, work and legacy of Richard Wright. Born outside Natchez, Mississippi in , Wright overcame a childhood of poverty and oppression to become one of America's most influential writers.

Richard wright biography video walt disney

His first major works, Native Son and Black Boy, were runaway best sellers which are still mainstays of high school and college literature and composition classes. According to critic Irving Howe, "The day Native Son appeared American culture was changed forever."

Three years in the making, underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities and produced by Eyes on the Prize veteran Madison D.

Lacy, Richard Wright - Black Boy is destined to become a definitive literary biography. It skillfully intercuts dramatic excerpts from Wright's own work with historical footage and the recollections of friends, associates and scholars such