Press kit for the film Right On!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Four (4) page press kit for the film, "Right On!" starring the New York based spoken word group The Last Poets and directed by Herbert Danska. The kit consists of a black and white four-sided brochure with advertisements for the film in various sizes and designs, most with quotes from reviews of the film. The same three images are used throughout: The three members of The Last Poets standing together, from left to right David Nelson, Felipe Luciano, and Gylan Kain. Luciano wears a beret and a light colored shirt and Kain stands with one leg crossed behind the other. This image is pictured largest on the front of the press kit, with the three standing above a city scape. Another image depicts a seated man in profile, wearing a beret and holding a gun out in his proper right hand. He is pictured sitting on a cityscape or on top of the title [RIGHT ON!] throughout the press kit. The other repeated image is a close-up of David Nelson's face, his mouth open in mid-performance.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Created by: Donald L. Velde, Inc., American
• Subject of: The Last Poets, American, founded 1968
• Owned by: Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
• Type: press kits
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 17 in. (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Object number: 2012.21.3
• 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.