Object Details
- Description
- 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.].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Herbert Danska, American, born 1927
- Subject of
- David Nelson, American
- Felipe Luciano, American, born 1947
- Gylan Kain, American
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- film stills
