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Brick by brick : a civil rights story / produced & directed by Bill Kavanagh ; writer, Bill Kavanagh ; Kavanagh Productions, Inc.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Kavanagh, Bill, producer, director, screenwriter.
Bailey, Donna, narrator.
Cashin, Sheryll, actor.
Ross, Winston, actor.
Wasicsko, Nicholas, actor.
Sussman, Michael, actor.
Keith, Herman, actor.
Stein, Peter, 1943- director of photography.
Navazio, Miki, composer.
Kavanagh Productions, producer.
California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discrimination in housing--New York (State)--Yonkers.
Discrimination in housing.
Segregation in education--New York (State)--Yonkers.
Segregation in education.
Civil rights--New York (State)--Yonkers.
Civil rights.
Yonkers (N.Y.)--Race relations.
Yonkers (N.Y.).
New York (State)--Yonkers.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition:
Standard format.
Other Title:
Civil rights story
Place of Publication:
[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2007]
Language Note:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD-R; stereo.
This disc is a DVD Recordable and may not play on all DVD equipment.
digital
optical
stereo
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"Uses the bitter struggle over equal housing rights in Yonkers, New York, during the 1980s to show the 'massive resistance' the Civil Rights movement confronted when it moved North"--Container.
Contents:
Beginnings
Mary Dorman and the Cappellos
Investigating the case
Adrean's story
Pre-trial
The trial
Settlement talks
The decision
The appeal
Yonkers in contempt
Crisis
Aftermath.
Participant:
Narrator, Donna Bailey; featuring Sheryll Cashin, Winston Ross, Herman Keith, Michael Sussman, Nicholas Wasicsko and others.
Credits:
Director of photography, Peter Stein ; editors, Sylke Froechtenigt, Kim Chisolm, Mark Ezovski ; composer, Miki Navazio.
Notes:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2007.
Special features (61 min.): 5 additional interviews (59 min. total); epilogue (2 min.).
Includes public performance rights.
OCLC:
259967878

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