Posts Tagged ‘Bill Gunn’
Essay
Improvisational Jamming: The Process and Production of Personal Problems
By Nicholas Forster
A detailed look at the long, fascinating history of Bill Gunn and Ishmael Reed's groundbreaking soap opera.
Essay
The Life of an Artist is Not For the Pusillanimous
By Toussaint Jeanlouis
Reacting to jazz-like lyricism of Bill Gunn’s Black Picture Show.
Essay
Black Picture Show in Context
By Soyica Colbert
An examination of what Bill Gunn’s play meant at the time of its initial release, and how to understand both its recent incarnation and where it fits in the history of Black art.