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An interview with Valerie Simpson and James Finney

Title
  1. An interview with Valerie Simpson and James Finney / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Published by
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
Author
  1. Simpson, Valerie, 1946-

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Additional authors
  1. Finney, James
  2. Murray, James Briggs
  3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
  1. 2 videodiscs (34 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. James Finney and Valerie Simpson discuss the advantages of plats while he grooms and styles her hair; worked together since 1975; plats a way of life; convenience; popularization of plats; look of plats; image it creates for Valerie; ability to grow hair without extensions; combing black hair; inquiries about Valerie's hair; first meeting; hair on album covers; styling Valerie's hair with heat; durability of plats during a performance; freedom from hairdresser; swimming; weightlessness of black hair; plats part of her image; song "Solid as a Rock"; finished look.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Finney, James > Interviews
  2. Simpson, Valerie, 1946- > Interviews
  3. Braids (Hairdressing) > United States
  4. Black films and programs
  5. Hairdressing of African Americans
  6. Filmed interviews
  7. African American beauty operators > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Black films and programs.
  3. Nonfiction films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1326
Note
  1. Recorded at the home of Valerie Simpson.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Biography (note)
  1. James Finney is a hairdresser who designed plats as a hair grooming technique and Valerie Simpson is a songwriter and singer.
Author
  1. Simpson, Valerie, 1946- interviewee.
Title
  1. An interview with Valerie Simpson and James Finney / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.
Publisher
  1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1986.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file DVD
Terms of use
  1. Copyright by New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Event
  1. Recorded October 28, 1986.
Biography
  1. James Finney is a hairdresser who designed plats as a hair grooming technique and Valerie Simpson is a songwriter and singer.
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  1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Finney, James, interviewee.
  2. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
  3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1326
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