# Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media

In celebration of Black Music Month, the Music Division in partnership with Live! at the Library welcomed Dr. I. Augustus Durham for a lecture followed by conversation with Music Reference Specialist Morgan Davis. Durham’s lecture entitled “Marvin Gaye: Melancholy and Genius in Black Culture and Media” charted a path through history to discuss the influence of George Gershwin on Marvin Gaye’s film score to the Blaxploitation film Trouble Man. His lecture drew heavily from his latest book, “Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2023).”

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h 35 min
- By: Durham, I. Augustus
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10884/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10884?play=1)