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A soldier's story
- Title
- A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
- Publication
- Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Visual VRA-318 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (102 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A black officer is sent to investigate the murder of a black sergeant in Louisiana near the end of World War II. It is a story about racism in a segregated regiment of the U.S Army commanded by white officers and training in the Jim Crow South, in a time and place where a black officer is unprecedented and bitterly resented by nearly everyone.
- Subject
- African American actors
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Note
- Based on the play: A soldier's play by Charles Fuller.
- Originally released as motion picture in 1984.
- Credits (note)
- Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
- Performer (note)
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
- System Details (note)
- VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
- Language (note)
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-318
- ISBN
- 0800103297
- 9780800103293
- OCLC
- 31466506
- 37902711
- Title
- A soldier's story / directed by Norman Jewison.
- Imprint
- Burbank, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1991.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Cast
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington.
- Credits
- Producers, Norman Jewison, Ronald L. Schwary, Patrick Palmer ; screenwriter, Charles Fuller ; cinematographer, Russell Boyd ; film editors, Mark Warner, Caroline Biggerstaff ; composer, Herbie Hancock ; Columbia Pictures.
- System Details
- VHS; hi-fi, dolby stereo.
- Language
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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- Added Author
- Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film producer.Jewison, Norman, 1926-2024, film director.Rollins, Howard E., 1950-1996, actor.Caesar, Adolph, 1933-1986, actor.Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor.Fuller, Charles, screenwriter.Columbia Pictures Industries.RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (Firm)Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual VRA-318