Anthology to accompany the PBS series of seven episodes directed by Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Richard Pearce, Charles Burnett, Marc Levin, Mike Figgis and Clint Eastwood; texts divided to correspond to each of the episodes, combination of contemporary and primary sources, authors include Zora Neale Hurston, Luc Sante, Bob Dylan, William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison; illustrated.