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Film, Video Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media

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Title

  • Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media

Summary

  • In celebration of Black Music Month, the Music Division in partnership with Live! at the Library welcomed Dr. I. Augustus Durham for a lecture followed by conversation with Music Reference Specialist Morgan Davis. Durham's lecture entitled "Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media" charted a path through history to discuss the influence of George Gershwin on Marvin Gaye's film score to the Blaxploitation film Trouble Man. His lecture drew heavily from his latest book, "Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2023)."

Event Date

  • June 05, 2025

Running Time

  • 1 hours 35 minutes 55 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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(2025) Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11808/.

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Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media. 2025. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11808/>.