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A towering task : the story of the Peace Corps / director, Alana DeJoseph ; writer, Shana Kelly ; produced by In the Cause of Peace LLC.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) HC60.5 .T69 2023
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Documentary.
- Peace Corps (U.S.)--History.
- Peace Corps (U.S.).
- Local Subjects:
- Documentary.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Documentary films
- Feature films.
- History
- Nonfiction films.
- Nonfiction films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber, LLC
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : First Run Features, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English audio; French, German, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio.
- System Details:
- DVD, all regions, NTSC, widescreen; color.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country: the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, the film explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy's call: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
- Participant:
- Narrator, Annette Bening ; Jimmy Carter, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, John Coyne, Elizabeth Cobbs.
- Credits:
- Associate producer, Dave Steinke ; executive producers, Juliane Heyman, Paul Sack, Teresa Gallant ; director of photography, Vanessa Carr ; composer, Lance Bendiksen ; editors, Alana DeJoseph, Brian De Herrera-Schnering ; animation and graphics, Thomas Seidel.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a documentary film in 2019.
- Wide screen.
- OCLC:
- 1407427200
- Publisher Number:
- 720229918312
- 16368413 Midwest Tape
- FRF 918312D First Run Features
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