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Aloyce Beth DuVal Deare, known as Beth Deare, was an American film producer and educator. [1] [2]

She co-wrote the 1994 documentary film Midnight Ramble about African American films.

She was a producer at WGBH in Boston. She taught at Bunker Hill Community College. [3] She received 10 Emmy Awards, including for her 1981 documentary In the Matter of Levi Hart and the television series Say Brother . [4] [5] [6] In 2011 she died at her Newtown, Massachusetts home in Newton Corner. [7] [2] [1]

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References

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