| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 90.3

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Ralph Ellison: An American Journey. Prod. by Avon Kirkland. New Images Productions, Inc. in association with Thirteen/WNET New York, 2001. 87 mins. (California Newsreel, Ordering Dept., Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407; 877-811-7495; <contact@newsreel.org>; <http://www.newsreel.org> [Sept. 15, 2003])

This documentary on one of the twentieth century's most important American writers is nearly as much about Ralph Ellison's creations as about his life. Since his was very much a writer's life, that is, a life devoted to works of literature and commentaries on his own and other people's writings, it is not surprising that a number of scenes from his 1952 novel Invisible Man are dramatized for the film and that much of the footage shows Ellison working.

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