Sammy Davis, Jr I've gotta be me

DVD - 2019

Examines entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.'s journey to create his own identity, as a black man who embraced Judaism, through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress; a veteran of increasingly outdated show business traditions, he strove to stay relevant, even as he found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the distaste of black America. Features new interviews with Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Novak, and others, with photographs from Davis's personal collection and performance footage.

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Subjects
Genres
Biographical television programs
Documentary television programs
Television series
Nonfiction television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS [2019]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Thirteen Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Association relative à la télévision européenne
Corporate Authors
Thirteen Productions (production company), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Association relative à la télévision européenne
Other Authors
Sammy Davis, 1925-1990 (performer), Laurence Maslon (screenwriter)
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
Special features: Being black in America; Persona; Sammy's funeral; Star.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Audience
Rating: TV14.
Production Credits
Music, Christopher Rife ; editor, Steven Wechsler.
ISBN
9781531709082
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