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The March : the Story of the Greatest March in American History

Title: The March : the Story of the Greatest March in American History / directed by John Akomfrah.
Publication: [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]

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Description

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, black and white scenes, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.

Alternative Title

Story of the Greatest March in American History

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Genre/Form

Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Credits (note)

Producers, David Lawson, Lina Gopaul ; cinematographer, Dewald Aukema ; film editor, Cliff West ; composer, Tandis Jenhudson ; produced by Smoking Dogs Films in association with Cactus Three and Sundance Productions for PBS, BBC, France 3 TV.

Event (note)

Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2013.

System Details (note)

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.

Language (note)

Closed-captioned; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH].

Contents

Bombingham -- AP Randolph and Bayard Rustin -- Kennedy--we must remind him -- To be free in '63 -- Two top Communist -- Gay, red and black -- Impending violence -- I hope they come -- A simmering dispute -- The destiny of American democracy.

Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1980

ISBN

9781608839582
1608839583
9786315158605
6315158609

LCCN

841887019613

OCLC

858313311

Title

The March : the Story of the Greatest March in American History / directed by John Akomfrah.

Publisher

[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Performer

Narrated by Denzel Washington.

Featuring: Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, Clarence B. Jones, Roger Mudd, and Oprah Winfrey.

Credits

Producers, David Lawson, Lina Gopaul ; cinematographer, Dewald Aukema ; film editor, Cliff West ; composer, Tandis Jenhudson ; produced by Smoking Dogs Films in association with Cactus Three and Sundance Productions for PBS, BBC, France 3 TV.

Event

Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2013.

System Details

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.

Language

Closed-captioned; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH].

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Added Author

Gopaul, Lina, television producer.

Lawson, David (Producer), television producer.

Akomfrah, John, film director.

Washington, Denzel, 1954- narrator.

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, commentator.

Baez, Joan, commentator.

Jones, Clarence B., 1931- commentator.

Mudd, Roger, 1928-2021, commentator.

Winfrey, Oprah, commentator.

Jenhudson, Tandis, composer.

Aukema, Dewald, cinematographer.

West, Clifford B, editor of moving image work.

Smoking Dogs Films, production company.

Cactus Three (Firm), production company.

Sundance Productions, production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster.

British Broadcasting Corporation, broadcaster.

Société nationale de programme France-Régions, broadcaster.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Other Standard Identifier

841887019613

Publisher No.

TMAH601 PBS

Research Call Number

Sc Visual DVD-1980

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