Slavery by Another Name
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon.
Originally produced for television in 2012.
Special features: "The bricks we stand on," Douglas A. Blackmon shares how the project evolved (18 min.); behind the scenes.
Narrator, Laurence Fishburne.
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.
DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen, stereo.
Contents: Slavery by another name.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
[Boston, MA] : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: NR
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608836253
1608836258
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Pollard, Sam.
Bernard, Sheila Curran.
Fishburne, Laurence, 1961-
Pollard, Jason L., 1978-
Bacon, Michael, 1948-
Blackmon, Douglas A.
TPT National Productions.
Two Dollars and a Dream (Firm)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Blackmon, Douglas A. -- Television adaptations.
African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- History.
African American prisoners -- Social conditions.
Forced labor -- United States -- History.
Convict labor -- United States -- History.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs -- United States.