Film still of The Last Poets during the filming of Right On!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black-and-white photograph of the New York-based spoken word group, The Last Poets taken during the filming of the movie, Right On!. The three members of the group are pictured standing on a rooftop during the day time, with a cityscape behind them. From left to right is David Nelson, standing slightly bent at the waist with his hands down in front of his hips; Felipe Luciano, wearing a light-colored button down shirt and a beret and leaning back with one hand on his chest and one on his stomach; and Gylan Kain, wearing a dark-colored button down shirt and pants, standing with his proper right leg crossed in front of his left, his hands in his pockets. 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: Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Gylan Kain, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: film stills
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 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: 2012.21.5.6
• 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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