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A midwife's tale / Blueberry Hill Productions presents ; a film by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt, Richard P. Rogers ; directed by Richard P. Rogers ; written and produced by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt.
LIBRA DVD 001 978
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938---Film adaptations.
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher.
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-.
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812.
- Midwives.
- Maine--Augusta.
- Maine--Hallowell.
- United States.
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812--Drama.
- Ballard, Martha.
- Midwives--United States--Drama.
- Midwives--Maine--Hallowell--Biography.
- Midwives--Maine--Augusta--Biography.
- Hallowell (Me.)--Biography.
- Hallowell (Me.).
- Augusta (Me.)--Biography.
- Augusta (Me.).
- Kennebec River Valley (Me.)--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Kennebec River Valley (Me.).
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Biographical television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Documentary television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Biographies.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Full screen version.
- Place of Publication:
- [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2005]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; stereo (recorded in Dolby Digital surround).
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The life of Martha Ballard, a frontier midwife in Maine, is reconstructed through her diary. She lived through the economic boom and bust, and political and social turmoil of the decades following the American Revolution.
- Participant:
- Kaiulani Lee, Ron Tough, Kevin Jubinville, Waneta Storms.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Peter Stein, Stephen Poster; editors, William A. Anderson, Susan Korda; music, Todd Boekelheide; key advisor and collaborator, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
- Notes:
- Based on A Midwife's tale / by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture originally broadcast as an episode of American Experience in 1997.
- Special feature: DVD-ROM link to PDF Teacher's guide.
- ISBN:
- 0793691206
- 9780793691203
- OCLC:
- 71223415
- Publisher Number:
- 841887006217
- AMER603 PBS Home Video
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