Distinguished Professor Ishmael Reed discusses groundbreaking film project made with Bill Gunn

March 6, 2019
Writer and Distinguished Professor Ishmael Reed discusses "Personal Problems," his 1980 collaboration with director Bill Gunn; independent black cinema; and suppressed diversity in Hollywood.
Walter Cotton, playing saxaphone, stars in Bill Gunn’s “Personal Problems,†written and executive-produced by Ishmael Reed.
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