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Available as part of the series Furious Flower III or as part of the 3 series compilation Furious Flower: The Complete Edition

The conference’s final thematic focus was the role of formal innovation in defining and developing a Black aesthetics for the future. These seven poets explore directions which are “pushing the envelope” of African American poetic expression. Featuring:

Tyehimba Jess
Major Jackson
Evie Shockley
Jericho Brown
Mendi Lewis Obadike
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Yusef Komunyakaa

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McCray, Judith (film producer)
Hodges, John L. (film director)
Gabbin, Joanne V. (narrator)
Jess, Tyehimba (on-screen participant)
Jess, Tyehimba (speaker)
Jackson, Major (on-screen participant)
Jackson, Major (speaker)
Shockley, Evie (on-screen participant)
Shockley, Evie (speaker)
Brown, Jericho (on-screen participant)
Brown, Jericho (speaker)
Obadike, Mendi Lewis (on-screen participant)
Obadike, Mendi Lewis (speaker)
Ellis, Thomas Sayers (on-screen participant)
Ellis, Thomas Sayers (speaker)
Komunyakaa, Yusef (on-screen participant)
Komunyakaa, Yusef (speaker)

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Cinematography, Alex Kent, Josh Kraybill; editing, John L. Hodges, Jr.

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