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A question of color

Title
A question of color/ directed by Kathe Sandler.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2006?]

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Additional Authors
  • Sandler, Kathe
  • Harris, Luke Charles, 1950-
  • Hwang, Jason
  • Film Two Productions, production company.
  • California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
Description
1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program examines the issue of color consciousness within the Black community. This film explores a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. A variety of African Americans give their experiences and attitudes towards the question of color.
Subject
  • Colorism > United States
  • African Americans > Race identity
  • African Americans > Color > Social aspects
  • African Americans > Color > Psychological aspects
  • Race awareness > United States
  • Body image > United States
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Originally produced as documentary film in 1992.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriters, Kathe Sandler, Luke Charles Harris ; producer, Kathe Sandler ; executive producer, St. Clair Bourne ; cinematographers, Michael Chin, Robert Shepard ; composer, Jason Hwang [and others] ; editors, Kate Davis, Lucy Winer ; Film Two Productions.
System Details (note)
  • DVD-R; NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1895
OCLC
70776476
Title
A question of color/ directed by Kathe Sandler.
Imprint
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2006?]
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
System Details
DVD-R; NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0.
Performer
Participants: Curtia James, Esther Lloyd, Wiley Woodard, Harriet Mayner, Kim Mayner, Harold Mayner, Bobby Davis, Johnny Ford, Dr. Benjamin Payton, Baylies Davis, Robert L. Davis, Rhonda Baraka, Dianne Houston, Cheryl Anthony, Pat Williams, Vertamae Grosvenor, Melba Tolliver, Malcolm X, Kathleen Cleaver, Stokeley Carmichael, Jesse Jackson, Karen Halliburton.
Credits
Screenwriters, Kathe Sandler, Luke Charles Harris ; producer, Kathe Sandler ; executive producer, St. Clair Bourne ; cinematographers, Michael Chin, Robert Shepard ; composer, Jason Hwang [and others] ; editors, Kate Davis, Lucy Winer ; Film Two Productions.
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Sandler, Kathe, film director.
Harris, Luke Charles, 1950- cinematographer.
Hwang, Jason, composer.
Film Two Productions, production company.
California Newsreel (Firm), film distributor.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1895
Sc Visual VRA-947 VHS
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