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Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave

Title
Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave / directed by Gordon Parks.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Monterey Video, ©2004, ©1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Brandt, Yanna
  • Potter, Lou
  • Williams, Samm-Art
  • Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
  • Brooks, Avery
  • Adams, Mason
  • Broadhurst, Kent
  • Bryant, Lee
  • Greene, Rhetta
  • League, Janet
  • Paley, Petronia
  • Narita, Hiro, 1941-
  • Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
  • Past America Inc., production company
  • Monterey Video (Firm), publisher
Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Based on the true story of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana.
Uniform Title
American playhouse (Television program)
Alternative Title
  • Twelve years a slave
  • 12 years a slave [1984]
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Documentary films.
Note
  • Originally broadcast as part of the PBS television program American Playhouse in 1984.
  • From the autobiography My twelve years as a slave by Solomon Northup.
  • DVD features: actor profiles, Gordon Parks' biography, story background, original press, discussion topics.
  • "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup avilable in the Research and Reference Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in: Sc 326.92-N (Northup, S. Twelve years a slave)
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriters, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; cinematographer, Hiro Narita ; composer, Gordon Parks ; Past America, Inc.
Performer (note)
  • Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1960
ISBN
  • 1569942668
  • 9781569942666
  • 9781569942668 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
012233397628
OCLC
57591904
Title
Solomon Northup's odyssey : twelve years a slave / directed by Gordon Parks.
Imprint
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Monterey Video, ©2004, ©1984.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Cast
Avery Brooks, Mason Adams, Kent Broadhurst, Lee Bryant, Rhetta Greene, Janet League, Petronia Paley.
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Screenwriters, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; cinematographer, Hiro Narita ; composer, Gordon Parks ; Past America, Inc.
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Added Author
Brandt, Yanna, film producer.
Potter, Lou, screenwriter.
Williams, Samm-Art, screenwriter.
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, film director.
Brooks, Avery, actor.
Adams, Mason, actor.
Broadhurst, Kent, actor.
Bryant, Lee, actor.
Greene, Rhetta, actor.
League, Janet, actor.
Paley, Petronia, actor.
Narita, Hiro, 1941- cinemaographer.
Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863? Twelve years a slave.
Past America Inc., production company.
Monterey Video (Firm), publisher.
Added Title
American playhouse (Television program)
Other Standard Identifier
012233397628
Publisher No.
339762 Monterey Video
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-1960
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