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Slavery by another name

Title
Slavery by another name / directed by Sam Pollard.
Publication
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, c2012.
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Additional Authors
  • Pollard, Sam
  • Bernard, Sheila Curran
  • Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
  • Young, Andrew
  • Bacon, Michael, 1948-
  • Blackmon, Douglas A.
  • TPT National Productions, production company
  • Two Dollars and a Dream (Firm), production company
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions, the belief that slavery in the U.S. ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, by telling the harrowing story of how, in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary television programs.
  • Historical television programs.
  • Nonfiction television programs.
  • Television adaptations.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.
  • Originally released as a television documentary in 2012.
  • Special features include: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 min.); behind the scenes.
  • Summary from videodisc container.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Sheila Curran Bernard ; producer, Sam Pollard ; cinematographer, Andrew Young ; editor, Jason L. Pollard ; composer, Michael Bacon ; a production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc.
Audience (note)
  • Rating: TV-PG-L, V.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Language (note)
  • Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-379
ISBN
9781608836253
LCCN
841887016285
OCLC
773759224
Title
Slavery by another name / directed by Sam Pollard.
Imprint
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Performer
Narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
Credits
Screenwriter, Sheila Curran Bernard ; producer, Sam Pollard ; cinematographer, Andrew Young ; editor, Jason L. Pollard ; composer, Michael Bacon ; a production of TPT National Productions in association with Two Dollars & A Dream, Inc.
Audience
Rating: TV-PG-L, V.
Language
Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Added Author
Pollard, Sam, television producer.
Pollard, Sam, television director.
Bernard, Sheila Curran, screenwriter.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- narrator.
Young, Andrew, cinematographer.
Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer.
Blackmon, Douglas A. Slavery by another name.
TPT National Productions, production company.
Two Dollars and a Dream (Firm), production company.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Standard Identifier
841887016285
Publisher No.
SBAN601 PBS Distribution
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-379
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