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Strange Fruit
- Title
- Strange Fruit / directed by Joe Katz.
- Publication
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, 2002.
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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-2074 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A examination of the anti-lynching protest song made famous by Billie Holiday. Reviews the historical events, contexts and incidents of racial hatred that the song's title represents, and then the subsequent performances by Billie Holiday that brought the song and its message to a national audience. The film also follows the underlying problem of racism that continues into contemporary culture.
- Subject
- Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
- Lynching > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism
- Protest songs > United States > History and criticism
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Relations with Jews > 20th century
- Racism > United States > History
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Note
- Originally produced in 2002.
- Special features: Extended scenes (25 min.); extended interviews (53 min.); reference and information web links; interview with the director.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Joe Katz ; directors of photography, Thomas Torres and John Miglietta ; original music score, Don Byron ; Oniera Films ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service
- System Details (note)
- DVD, NTSC.
- Language (note)
- Closed-captioned.
- Contents
- Special features: Extended scenes (25 min.); extended interviews (53 min.); reference and information web links.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-2074
- OCLC
- 56733073
- Title
- Strange Fruit / directed by Joe Katz.
- Imprint
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, 2002.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States naf
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- videofile DVD video
- Performer
- Narrator, Dorothy Thigpen ; interviewees include E.M. (Woody) Beck, Don Byron, Hazel Carby, Michael Meeropol, Robby Meeropol, Milt Gabler, Farah Jasmin Griffin, C.T. Vivian, Pete Seeger ... et al. ; performers, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Pete Seeger, Josh White ... et al.
- Credits
- Producer, Joe Katz ; directors of photography, Thomas Torres and John Miglietta ; original music score, Don Byron ; Oniera Films ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service
- System Details
- DVD, NTSC.
- Language
- Closed-captioned.
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- Added Author
- Katz, Joel, 1958-Thigpen, Dorothy.Gabler, Milt, 1911-2001.Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.Byron, Don, composer.Torres Cordova, Thomas, director of photography.Miglietta, John, director of photography.Independent Television Service.Oniera Films.California Newsreel (Firm)
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-2074