Photograph of The Last Poets from the film Right On!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of The Last Poets from the film Right On!. The image features from left to right, Gylan Kain, Felipe Luciano, and David Nelson. Kain is pictured seated, in profile, wearing a light colored shirt. Luciano is pictured standing, center, in a dark-colored turtleneck with his proper right fist raised in a black power gesture. Nelson is pictured standing, in profile, wearing a leather jacket.

On the verso is a stamped inscription 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: 1970
• Photograph by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Subject of: Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Gylan Kain, American
• Subject of: David Nelson, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image and sheet): 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Object number: 2012.38.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Herbert Danska
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Herbert Danska Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.