Film still of the filming of Right On!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black-and-white behind-the-scene film still from the film, Right On! starring the New York-based spoken word group, The Last Poets and directed by Herbert Danska. The image depicts the three members of The Last Poets to the right of frame, standing upon a pile of garbage. From left to right is Gylan Kain, David Nelson, and Felipe Luciano. All three men are pictured in profile, looking toward a man facing them with a film camera strapped on his shoulder. Next to the cameraman is another man in the very left edge of the frame, who holds a notebook in one arm and leans towards the cameraman. On the back of the photograph is a stamp in black ink reading: ["RIGHT ON!" / A FILM BY HERBERT DANSKA / written by and starring: / KAIN | DAVID NELSON | FELIPE LUCIANO / A WOODIE KING JR. PRODUCTION / A LEACOCK PENNEBAKER RELEASE / cable: FILMAKERS, U.S.A.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1970
• Created by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Subject of: David Nelson, American
• Subject of: Gylan Kain, American
• Subject of: Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Owned by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: film stills
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Object number: 2012.21.5.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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