Africans in America America's journey through slavery
DVD - 2000
A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America. This series exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, rare archival photography, riveting first-person accounts and defines the reality of slavery's past through insightful commentary.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- documentary film
Feature films
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
History
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Boston, MA :
WGBH Boston Video
©2000.
- Language
- English
- Corporate Authors
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- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Originally broadcast on PBS in 1998.
Related to: Africans in America : America's journey through slavery / Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team. -- New York : Harcourt Brace, ©1998.
Special features: Chapter search; 2 bonus songs from the "Africans in America" soundtrack; access to the "Africans in America" web site, including links to a resource bank, teacher's guide, and youth activity guide. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; NTSC; all regions; 4x3 full screen; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Directors of photography, Michael Chin, Buddy Squires ; editor, Chuck Scott; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon.
- ISBN
- 9781578075539
- disc 1. The terrible transformation (1450-1750) / produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell, Susan Bellows ; Revolution (1750-1805) / produced and directed by W. Noland Walker
- disc 2. Brotherly love (1791-1831) / produced and directed by Jacquie Jones ; Judgment day (1831-1865) / produced and directed by Llewellyn Smith.