Black August
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Deleted scenes.
Gary Dourdan, Darren Bridgett, Ezra Stanley, Vonetta McGee, Elizabeth Nunziato, Leith M. Burke, Tina Marie Murray, "Big" Leroy Mobley.
Inmate activist George Lester Jackson's short life became a flashpoint for revolution, igniting the bloodiest riot in San Quentin's history. In a story ripped from history's headlines, this film traces Jackson's spiritual journey and violent fate, from being sent up on a one-year-to-life sentence for robbing a gas station of $71 to galvanizing the Black Guerrilla Family with his incendiary book of letters, "Soledad Brother," to the fierce August day when his younger brother Jonathan shocked the world by taking a California courtroom hostage to protest Jackson's upcoming trial.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (matted) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer.
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SERIES
American Black Film Festival DVD series.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue, English, French or Portuguese subtitles; closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419852035
9781419852039
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mabry, Jan.
Flemming, Judd.
Sampson, TCinque J.
Styles, Samm.
Dourdan, Gary.
Bridgett, Darren.
Stanley, Ezra.
McGee, Vonetta.
Nunziato, Elizabeth.
Burke, Leith M.
Murray, Tina Marie.
Mobley, Leroy.
276 Productions (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Jackson, George, -- 1941-1971 -- Drama.
California State Prison at San Quentin -- Drama.
African American prisoners -- California -- Drama.
Radicals -- California -- Drama.
Black power -- Drama.
Revolutions -- Drama.
Prison violence -- California -- Drama.
Biographical -- Feature.
Prison -- Feature.
Melodrama -- Feature.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Melodrama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Prison films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.