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Slavery by another name / produced and directed by Sam Pollard ; written by Sheila Curran Bernard ; a production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc.
LIBRA DVD 022 339
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by another name, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blackmon, Douglas A--Television adaptations.
- Blackmon, Douglas A.
- Blackmon, Douglas A--Film adaptations.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Employment--History.
- African Americans--Crimes against--History.
- African American prisoners--Social conditions.
- African American prisoners.
- Forced labor--United States--History.
- Forced labor.
- Convict labor--United States--History.
- Convict labor.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Race relations.
- African Americans--Crimes against.
- African Americans--Employment.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Documentary films.
- Historical television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, [2012]
- Language Note:
- Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
- Credits:
- Editor, Jason L. Pollard ; cinematography, Andrew Young ; original score, Michael Bacon.
- Notes:
- Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.
- Originally produced for television in 2012.
- Special features include: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 min.); behind the scenes.
- ISBN:
- 9781608836253
- 1608836258
- OCLC:
- 773759224
- Publisher Number:
- 841887016285
- SBAN601 PBS Distribution
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