Black Film Center/Archive

Storytelling - as old as time and as new and fresh as today - is an art form that everybody can enjoy and participate in. Maxine LeGall began telling stories when her children were in preschool. A Charter member of the National Association for Black Storytellers (NABS), she's told stories at the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center, Macy's Department Store, the African World Festival, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, local (Washington, D.C.) television programs, and at several NABS' annual festivals. Ms. LeGall has conducted storytelling workshops for teachers and students in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

Drawing upon her African/Caribbean/African-American heritage, Maxine tells stories that are rich in characterization and audience participation. Among the stories Ms. LeGall told in her program, "Time Well Spent: Stories from Zora Neale Hurston," are "Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men," "How a Loving Couple Was Parted," and "The Hawk and the Buzzard."