Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees award received by Wilbert Rideau
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Issued by
content: Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees, American, 1981 - 2007
label: Received by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: This Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees statue was awarded to Wilbert Rideau for his role as co-director of the documentary The Farm: Life at Angola Prison. The statue has a square wooden base with a tall makonde style metal sculpture extending from the center of the base. The sculpture depicts four (4) people climbing upward and one larger face in the upper right facing corner. The back side of the sculpture imitates a tree trunk. A brass plaque is adhered to the front side of the base with engraved text that reads: FRIENDS OF THE BLACK OSCAR NOMINEES / 1999 Award of Recognition / WILBERT RIDEAU / Co-Director / "The Farm: Life at Angola Prison". The bottom of the base is covered in black felt.
place: label: Place used
content: West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.139.12
objectType: label: Type
content: statues
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, brass, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (38.7 × 16.2 × 16.2 cm)