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The Women of Brewster Place

Title
The Women of Brewster Place [videorecording] / Harpo Productions Inc. ; produced by Patricia K. Meyer and Reuben Cannon ; based on the novel by Gloria Naylor ; teleplay by Karen Hall ; directed by Donna Deitch.
Publication
United States : ABC-TV, 1989-03.

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Additional Authors
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • Naylor, Gloria
  • Meyer, Patricia K.
  • Cannon, Reuben
  • Hall, Karen
  • Deitch, Donna
  • ABC Television Network
  • Harpo Productions
  • World Institute of Black Communications
  • CEBA Collection
Description
4 videocassettes of 4 (U-matic) (180 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Oprah Winfrey plays Mattie Michael, a proud, big-hearted woman whose life has been plagued by a series of grievous misfortunes, landing her alone, middle-aged and penniless in a crumbling tenement on a dead-end ghetto street known as Brewster Place.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sociological films and programs.
  • Black films and programs.
Note
  • Originally aired March 19-20, 1989.
  • This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, inc.
Performer (note)
  • Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens, Moses Gunn, Paul Winfield, William Allen Young, Cicely Tyson.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Copyright on item : Phoenix Entertainment Group ; 1988.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB 1677-1680
OCLC
NYPG92-F371
Title
The Women of Brewster Place [videorecording] / Harpo Productions Inc. ; produced by Patricia K. Meyer and Reuben Cannon ; based on the novel by Gloria Naylor ; teleplay by Karen Hall ; directed by Donna Deitch.
Imprint
United States : ABC-TV, 1989-03.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Cast
Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens, Moses Gunn, Paul Winfield, William Allen Young, Cicely Tyson.
Terms Of Use
Copyright on item : Phoenix Entertainment Group ; 1988.
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Added Author
Winfrey, Oprah, cast.
Naylor, Gloria. Women of Brewster Place.
Meyer, Patricia K., production.
Cannon, Reuben, production.
Hall, Karen, writing.
Deitch, Donna, direction.
ABC Television Network.
Harpo Productions.
World Institute of Black Communications.
CEBA Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRB 1677-1680 Original of Sc Visual DVD-1000
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