LaLee's kin : the legacy of cotton / an HBO feature documentary presentation ; a Maysles Films, Inc. production ; directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson with Albert Maysles ; producer, Susan Froemke.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Froemke, Susan, director, producer.

Dickson, Deborah, director, film editor.

Maysles, Albert, director, director of photography.

Lucas, Gary, composer.

Maysles Films, film production company.

Home Box Office (Firm), presenter.

HBO Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

HBO Documentary Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Mississippi--Delta (Region).

Poverty.

Children of sharecroppers.

Economic conditions.

Public schools.

Mississippi--Delta (Region).

Education--Mississippi--Delta (Region).

Education.

Public schools--Mississippi--Tallahatchie County.

Children of sharecroppers--Mississippi--Economic conditions.

Mississippi.

Mississippi--Tallahatchie County.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Legacy of cotton

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2010]

Language Note:

"This film is set in the Mississippi Delta. Because regional accents may be difficult for some viewers to understand, subtitles have been used."--Note at start of film.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 audio.

digital

optical

stereo

Dolby digital 2.0

NTSC

video file

Summary:

"[This film] follows three generations of African Americans from Mississippi as they battle extreme poverty and illiteracy. Living in a trailer without running water or lights, matriarch LaLee Wallace watches her grandchildren struggle in school, paralleling the efforts of the West Tallahatchie School System to raise standards, attract qualified teachers, and find supplies, or risk takeover by the state. These intertwined stories are a sober exploration of the painful legacy of slavery and sharecropping in America's Mississippi Delta."--Container.

Credits:

Editor, Deborah Dickson ; camera, Albert Maysles ; original music, Gary Lucas.

Notes:

This disc may not play on all machines or players.

Originally produced in 2001.

Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Academy Awards ; Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Independent Spirit Awards ; Winner, Best Cinematography and Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

OCLC:

663101712

Publisher Number:

885444367496

883316452608