Slavery by another name
(DVD)
Contributors
Pollard, Sam, producer,
Bernard, Sheila Curran, screenwriter.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- narrator.
Pollard, Jason L., 1978- film editor.
Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer.
Bernard, Sheila Curran, screenwriter.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- narrator.
Pollard, Jason L., 1978- film editor.
Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer.
Published
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, [2012].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
DVD 305.896 Sla
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DVD 305.896 Sla
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Published
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, [2012].
Language
English
UPC
841887016285
Notes
General Note
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.
General Note
Originally produced for television in 2012.
General Note
Special features: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 min.); behind the scenes.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Jason L. Pollard ; original score, Michael Bacon ; narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Language
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American prisoners -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- History.
African Americans -- Employment -- History.
Blackmon, Douglas A. -- Television adaptations.
Convict labor -- United States -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Forced labor -- United States -- History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Television adaptations.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- History.
African Americans -- Employment -- History.
Blackmon, Douglas A. -- Television adaptations.
Convict labor -- United States -- History.
Documentary television programs.
Forced labor -- United States -- History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
Television adaptations.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects