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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
3. Manhattan Cable Television, producer.
4. Group W Cable Inc, producer.
5. Festival Latino en Nueva York, producer.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (75 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. Cable television programming presented as part of the Festival Latino in New York, summer 1986 season. The series features film, television programs and live performances from Latin America. This program is introduced by Joseph Papp.

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

Uniform title

1. Challenge to life (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Festival Latino en video

Subject

1. Festival Latino en Nueva York
2. Music > Argentina > 20th century
3. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
4. Hispanic American theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Performing arts > New York (State) > New York
6. Hispanics in the performing arts
7. Television

Genre/Form

1. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5056

Note

1. These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Dub of program taped off air.
3. Credits from tape contents.
4. Videocassette one (60 min.): Challenge to life. Television drama from Argentina, produced by Teleproduciones Independientes. Followed, at 20:00, by a 1984 concert from Argentina called Yo mi musica featuring popular Argentinian musical performers.
5. Videocassette two (15 min.): Remainder of concert Yo mi musica.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required prior to viewing.

Event (note)

1. Aired Manhattan Cable Television, New York, N.Y, August 25, 1986.

Biography (note)

1. Established in 1976 by Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, the Festival Latino in New York became part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1984. Billed in a 1988 program as "the most important cultural event in the United States of America," the festival supported the full range of Latino dramaturgy in the U.S. with work intended to engage the contemporary Latino audience and promote cross cultural understanding. Annual festivals featured a mix of theater, dance, music and film from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, performed in Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese, or in combination.

Language (note)

1. In Spanish.

Title

1. Festival Latino in video. Challenge to life [and] Yo mi musica [videorecording] / presented by [Joseph Papp and] the New York Shakespeare Festival's Festival Latino in New York in association with Group W Cable and Manhattan Cable T.V.

Imprint

1. New York, 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

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

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required prior to viewing.

Event

1. Aired Manhattan Cable Television, New York, N.Y, August 25, 1986.

Biography

1. Established in 1976 by Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, the Festival Latino in New York became part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1984. Billed in a 1988 program as "the most important cultural event in the United States of America," the festival supported the full range of Latino dramaturgy in the U.S. with work intended to engage the contemporary Latino audience and promote cross cultural understanding. Annual festivals featured a mix of theater, dance, music and film from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, performed in Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese, or in combination.

Language

1. In Spanish.

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, producer.
2. Papp, Joseph, host.
3. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
4. Manhattan Cable Television, producer.
5. Group W Cable Inc, producer.
6. Festival Latino en Nueva York, producer.

Added title

1. Challenge to life (Television program)

Research call number

1. NCOX 5056