Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer (2005)
• January 1st, 2005 • 0h 19min
Documentary, History
Overview
Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious journey from a childhood of hardship and poverty to celebrated African American writer is chronicled in this inspiring program through exclusive interviews and personal recollection.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Malcolm X
Released on: 1992-11-18
Drama, History
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
Colette
Released on: 2018-09-21
Drama, History
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is tr...
Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt wi...
Guion
Released on: 2018-05-05
Drama, History
a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality tha...
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
Released on: 2018-01-01
Documentary
TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical ...
Stéphane Mallarmé
Released on: 1968-01-01
Documentary, TV Movie
Stéphane Mallarmé is one of the many educational documentaries that Éric Rohmer did for the televisi...
The Edge of Love
Released on: 2008-06-20
Drama, History, Romance
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the la...
Jean Sénac, The Blacksmith of the Sun
Released on: 2003-01-01
Documentary
By ending the life of Jean Senac on August 30, 1973 in Algiers, his assassins believed they would si...
Lost Illusions
Released on: 2021-10-20
Drama, Romance, History
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, h...
Cyrano de Bergerac
Released on: 1990-03-28
Drama, Comedy, History, Romance
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expresse...
The Shadow of Heaven
Released on: 2008-11-06
Documentary
It has been over one hundred years since M. K. Čiurlionis left his lasting imprint on Lithuanian cul...
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
Released on: 1995-04-11
Documentary
The making of Jerzy Kosinski. The BBC documentary on the life and art of enigmatic novelist Jerzy Ko...
The Eyes of Dante
Released on: 2021-03-02
Documentary, History, TV Movie
He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopt...
Becoming Astrid
Released on: 2018-09-14
Drama, History
When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combin...
The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
Released on: 2022-11-26
Music, Documentary
Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injusti...
Paul Celan: the Poet Who Speaks Humanly
Released on: 2015-06-25
Documentary
Documentary on the life of the great Romanian-Jewish poet Paul Celan. Tormented by the experiences o...
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Released on: 2021-11-19
Documentary
A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archi...
Hello My Dear
Released on: 2021-05-01
Documentary
The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much contro...
Brother, Where Are You?
Released on: 2022-11-11
Drama, History
Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's sh...