Poster for the film Right On!: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for the film Right On!: Date: 1970. Created by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927. Subject of: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A film poster for the documentary film "Right On!", featuring the New York based spoken word group The Last Poets and directed by Herbert Danska. The poster features black type on an orange background. The title, "Right On!" is featured in the center along witht the image of a young man pointing a gun.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970
- Created by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
- Subject of: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Men
- Topic: Resistance
- Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
- Object number: 2012.21.1
- 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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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.
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