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Size | 29.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,200 items) |
Abstract | Opelika Pictures is a film company founded by New York-based filmmaker Macky Alston (Wallace McPherson Alston III). Alston directed the documentary film, Family Name, which examines the links between himself and the descendants of former slaves in North Carolina who share the Alston name. The collection is composed of research and genealogy notes, audio and video tapes, film, record albums, publications, photographs, business and personal correspondence, and clippings associated with the making of Family Name. Included are photographs of the work of artist Charles Henry Alston and interviews with his sisters and others who knew him. There are also photographs and taped interviews with Macky Alston and members of his family. |
Creator | Opelika Pictures. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Teresa Church, 1998
Encoded by: Teresa Church
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Updated: May 2019
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Opelika Pictures is a film company founded by New York-based filmmaker Macky Alston (Wallace McPherson Alston III). Alston directed the documentary film, Family Name, which examines the links that early North Carolina history forged between himself and the descendants of former slaves who share the Alston family name.
Back to TopThe collection is composed of research and genealogy notes, audio and video tapes, film, record albums, publications, photographs, business and personal correspondence, and clippings associated with the making of the documentary film, Family Name. Included are numerous photographs of the work of artist Charles Henry Alston and interviews with his sisters and others who knew him. There are also photographs and taped interviews with Macky Alston and members of his family. The bulk of materials are dated 1986 to 1997, but there is a small number of items dated 1843-1961.
Back to TopNote that original file folder titles have, in most cases, been retained.
Audiovisual Box 1 |
Dancing 1 through 7, , Family Name 1 of 2, Family Name 2 of 2; Reba on telephone; 4 tapes with no labels |
Audiovisual Box 12 |
"Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall" |
"Head Hunter," Herbie Hancock |
Audiovisual Box 13 |
Family Name--answer printPreviously listed as Box 23 |
Family Name--screening print (reel 2)--bad print |
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Audiovisual Box 14 |
Family Name--screening print (reel 1)Previously listed as Box 24 |
Unlabeled Case |
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End of R-1 (standard white circle changeover cues, damaged section of head countdown slugged with black) |
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Audiovisual Box 15 |
Family Name--screening print (reel 2 of 2) 994-2 o.k.Previously listed as Box 25 |
Family Name--Print #5 (reel 2) 16mm (no good, scratched) |
Oversize Box OB-20290/1 |
Genealogical materialsCemetery map, Images for Key Art (folder with lists of enslaved peopled for estates of George Alston and Philip Alston. Lists of people enslaved in Chatham County, N.C., estates, Census records from North Carolina and Georgia (photocopies), Genealogy charts--Alstons. Previously listed as Box 26 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20290/1 |
Art workAcquisitions Information: Accession 99300 (Addition of August 2002) |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20290/2 |
Art printsAcquisitions Information: Accession 99300 (Addition of August 2002) |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20290/3 |
MiscellaneousAcquisitions Information: Accession 99300 (Addition of August 2002) |