Academy Visual History Program Collection

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Since 2012 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Visual History Program Collection has recorded oral histories with representatives across a wide variety of film professions. In 2016, The Interviews began co-producing interviews with individuals who have a crossover career between film and television. Our first co-produced interview was with director John Singleton.

Highlights

Louis Gossett, Jr. on the decision to air Roots on consecutive nights, and on the phenomenon the show became

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Louis Gossett, Jr. on playing "Sgt. Emil Foley" in "An Officer and a Gentleman," directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Richard Gere

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John Singleton on his directing style and how it's changed over time

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John Singleton on seeing a screening of "Do the Right Thing" and how it made him determined to find his own voice and tell his own stories

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Interviews in this Collection

Whoopi Goldberg

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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