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At the river I stand
- Title
- At the river I stand / directed by David Appleby, Allison Graham, and Steven John Ross.
- Publication
- Williston, Vt. : California Newsreel, 1993.
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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 DVD-44 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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 DVD-44 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (58 min.) : souns, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Documentary about the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968. Although usually remembered as the event which culminated in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the strike is also significant in itself as a watershed event in the civil rights movement. It was in Memphis that King attempted to merge civil rights issues with a broader concern for economic rights. This is a story of opposing forces in American history: organized labor versus municipal authorities; civil disobedience versus civil law; poverty versus privilege; black versus white. It is also a story of individual sacrifice and bravery on the part of the 1300 sanitation workers who stepped off their jobs and into history. Using archival footage and present day interviews, the film tells the story of the Memphis movement from the initial strike to its tragic consequences. The film includes footage of strike protests and violence; economic conditions of Memphis blacks; and excerpts from speeches by Mayor Henry Loeb, P.J. Ciampa, Maxine Smith, Rev. James Lawson, Jerry Wurf, T.O. Jones, Rev. Ralph Jackson, Bayard Rustin, Sen. Robert Byrd, Walter Reuthers, President Johnson, and King's Mountaintop speech.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Credits (note)
- Cinematographers, David Appelby, Tom Dean ; editor, Patt Witt ; composer, Mark Blumberg ; sound design, Brit Warner; a production of Memphis State University, Department of Theatre and Communication Arts ; a film from California Newsreel.
- System Details (note)
- DVD-R.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-44
- OCLC
- 61723472
- Title
- At the river I stand / directed by David Appleby, Allison Graham, and Steven John Ross.
- Imprint
- Williston, Vt. : California Newsreel, 1993.
- Performer
- Narrated by Paul Winfield; featuring interviews of Coby Smith, Taylor Rogers, Clinton Burrows, Jesse Jones, Bill Ross, Rev. Harold Middlebrook, Lewis Donelson, Jerred Blanchard, Bill Lucy, Rev. James Lawson, Robert Beasley, Rev. Billy Kyles, Bob James, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Rev. Frank McRae, Rev. James Netters, Rev. James Orange.
- Credits
- Cinematographers, David Appelby, Tom Dean ; editor, Patt Witt ; composer, Mark Blumberg ; sound design, Brit Warner; a production of Memphis State University, Department of Theatre and Communication Arts ; a film from California Newsreel.
- System Details
- DVD-R.
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- Added Author
- Appleby, David, 1948- film director.Graham, Allison, film director.Ross, Steven John, film director.Winfield, Paul, narrator.California Newsreel (Firm), publisher.Memphis State University. Department of Theatre and Communication Arts, production company.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-44