The promised land. Season 1, Episode 2, Sweet home Chicago / a co-production of BBC TV and Discovery Productions ; series writer, Mark Hayhurst ; director, Edmund Coulthard ; series producer, Anthony Geffen.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Coulthard, Edmund, director.

Geffen, Anthony, producer.

Freeman, Morgan, narrator.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., publisher.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company.

Discovery Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lemann, Nicholas--Television adaptations.

Lemann, Nicholas.

African Americans--Migrations--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--History.

African Americans--Southern States--History.

Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century.

Rural-urban migration.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.

Chicago (Ill.).

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Television adaptations.

Television mini-series.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 minutes)

Other Title:

Promised land (history). Episode 02, Sweet home Chicago

Sweet home Chicago

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Compared favorably to Roots, this series was transmitted to rave reviews in America, was repeated in one five-hour-long showing in a prime-time Saturday evening slot, and was nominated for an International Emmy. Based on Nicholas Lemann's international bestseller, it follows the 1940-1960 migration of more than five million African Americans from the fields and farms of the Deep South for a new life in the big cities of the North, principally Chicago. Those brave men and women recount their lifetime experiences against a soundtrack of jazz and blues.

Participant:

Narrator, Morgan Freeman.

Notes:

Based on the book "The promised land" by Nicholas Lemann.

Title from title screen (viewed April 25, 2024).

OCLC:

1439296110