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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.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by another name, author.
Contributor:
Pollard, Sam, producer, director.
Bernard, Sheila Curran, screenwriter.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- narrator.
Pollard, Jason L., 1978- editor.
Young, Andrew, director of photography.
Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer.
TPT National Productions, producer.
Two Dollars and a Dream (Firm), producer.
PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor.
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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