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Studs Terkel : listening to America / directed by Eric Simonson ; produced by Josh Veselka ; executive producers, Linda Ellerbee, Rolfe Tessem ; a Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. production in association with the Educational Film Center.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.
- Terkel, Studs.
- Broadcasters--United States--Biography.
- Broadcasters.
- United States.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Biographical television programs.
- DVD-Video discs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 41 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Listening to America
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2010]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices.
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- This film chronicles the life of America's greatest oral historian. Intermixed with the telling of Terkel's eccentric career, as an actor, musicologist, activist and bestselling author, are glimpses of this man's quintessentially American philosophy that every life counts, everyone's story is worth telling.
- Participant:
- A biography of Stud Terkel including several interviews with him.
- Credits:
- Edited by Eric Simonson ; cinematography, Tom Hurwitz [and others] ; original music by Darrell Leonard.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 2009; copyright held by Home Box Office, Inc.
- OCLC:
- 704438893
- Publisher Number:
- 883316248393
- 883316452455
- 10721917
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