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A savage legacy / Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; BBC Education & Training ; director and producer, Tim Robinson.
LIBRA DVD 022 565
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD 022 397
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Racism: a history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism--History.
- Racism.
- History.
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- Apartheid--South Africa--History.
- Apartheid.
- Genocide.
- Segregation.
- South Africa.
- Segregation--United States--History.
- Genocide--Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on disc and container: Apartheid, Jim Crow, and racism today
- Title on disc menu: Racism, a history : a savage legacy
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD-R; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "This program focuses on a pattern of segregation and genocide evident in King Leopold's Belgian Congo rampages, South Africa's apartheid rule, the terrorism of Jim Crow, and less obvious examples that persist in today's global community. Several renowned authors, including Dr. Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University, Dr. Manning Marable of Columbia, and Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton contribute expert commentary"--Container.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Sophie Okonedo.
- Credits:
- Editor, Steve Scales.
- Notes:
- Contains graphically violent imagery, footage, and reenactments.
- Originally produced by the BBC in 2007.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- OCLC:
- 276295889
- Publisher Number:
- 39665 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- 39665-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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