PillowTalk: Celebrating Warren Davis

Moving image

Identifier
7141
Videographer/Filmmaker
Sydney Samson
Date:
August 1 2021
Venue:
Blake's Barn
Description:
This talk features local historian Bernard Drew and Director of Preservation Norton Owen with remarks by Davis’s nephew Wray Gunn. Warren Davis was the craftsman who provided the Ted Shawn Theatre’s immense beams, a local hero, and a pioneering Black businessman connected with W.E.B. DuBois. In 2021, Jacob's Pillow named The Warren David Welcome Center in honor of this important figure.
Access Format
digital movie file
Master Format
digital movie file
Duration
45m 1s
Camera
close
Technical Notes
Digital file only.