Follow the Drinking Gourd
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Based on the book: Follow the drinking gourd / by Jeanette Winter : Alfred A. Knopf, c1988.
DVD release of the 1993 production.
Includes short reviews by children of the following books: Shake it to the one that you love the best: play songs and lullabies from Black musical traditions, collected and adapted by Cheryl Warren Mattox ; A picture book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler ; Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt by Deborah Hopkinson.
Follow the drinking gourd -- LeVar talks about slavery -- Songs about slavery -- Review books.
Hosted by LeVar Burton ; book read by Keith David.
Runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad by following directions in a song "The drinking gourd". Other segments include: LeVar talks about slavery: LeVar introduces students to the history, heroes, stories, and music of the African American culture which emerged from slavery ; Songs about slavery: the a capella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, perform and share their historical knowledge of slavery.
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Stories, Songs and Slavery submitted by Loryn on August 20, 2014, 11:39pm Love the Reading Rainbow book selections, related education and the kids' book reviews
SERIES
Reading rainbow
96.
Reading rainbow (Television program)
PUBLISHED
Lincoln, NE : Distributed by GPN Educational Media, 2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Burton, LeVar.
Mannucci, Mark.
Winter, Jeanette.
Lancit Media Productions.
Great Plains National Instructional Television Library.
WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Great Plains National (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Fugitive slaves.
Slavery.
Underground railroad.
Slavery -- Songs and music.
Children -- Books and reading.
Children's videos.
Animated videos.