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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Rohrbacher, Dana, 1947-
3. Lehrer, James
4. Wood, Judi
5. Simon, Joanna
6. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
7. MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions, producer.
8. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Segment concerning the National the Endowment for the Arts and the funding of art work some call obscene. An exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe featuring homoerotic images and child nudity sparked a storm of protest and Congressional lobbying efforts, resulting in the impositon of content restrictions on recipients of NEA grants. Meanwhile, NEA head John Frohnmayer testified that Congress should stay out of his agency's decision making process. At 7:00 min. theatrical producer Joseph Papp debates Rep. Dana Rohrbacher on the importance of the NEA. Includes images of Mapplethorpe's photographs and footage of related activities.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative title

1. MacNeil/Lehrer newshour, aired: Channel 13, 3/21/90 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Joe Papp debates Rohrbacher re: NEA

Subject

1. Television
2. Federal aid to the arts > United States
3. Papp, Joseph > Interviews
4. Papp, Joseph > Political and social views
5. Art and morals
6. United States > Cultural policy
7. Mapplethorpe, Robert
8. National Endowment for the Arts
9. Art and ethics

Genre/Form

1. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5150

Note

1. No credits on tape.
2. Program taped off air. Segment begins at 13:00.
3. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

1. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., on March 31, 1990.

Title

1. MacNeil/Lehrer newshour. Funding and the arts. [videorecording] / [produced by] WNET/13 and MacNeil/Lehrer productions.

Imprint

1. New York, 1990.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

1. Moderator: Jim Lehrer; reporters: Judi Wood and Joanna Simon.

Event

1. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., on March 31, 1990.

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
2. Rohrbacher, Dana, 1947- interviewee.
3. Lehrer, James, moderator.
4. Wood, Judi, reporter.
5. Simon, Joanna, reporter.
6. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
7. MacNeil-Lehrer-Gannett Productions, producer.
8. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5150