Robert Townsend
As a Guest
From the Archives, Fresh Air's 10th Anniversary: Bug Wranglers, Blond Bombshells, and "Being Black."
We commemorate our 10th year as a daily national show with interviews from 1987:
(a) Entomologist Dave Brody, curator of the entomology department of the Museum of Natural History in New York. Brody was the insect consultant for films like "Creepshow" and "The Believers." (Rebroadcast of 7/9/1987)
From the Archives: Resisting Hollwood's Demand to "Be Blacker."
Film director Robert Townsend. His film, "Hollywood Shuffle," took a satiric look at the roles offered to blacks in Hollywood. He's a former standup comedian and actor. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/9/87)
From the Archives: Comedians Robert Townsend and Richard Lewis.
Film director and comedian, Robert Townsend. His first film, "Hollywood Shuffle" took a satiric look at the roles offered to blacks in Hollywood, and established Townsend --with Spike Lee and others-- as a new group of talented black filmmakers who won industry acceptance after making independent films. His new film is "Meteor Man". (REBROADCAST FROM 6-9-87)